Mirror
(c) Shade/Fox Lee 1999. (http://foxlee.arts-eclectic.com)
Inspired by Joss Whedon's 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' (Angel POV).

Still.
So still.
Such a calm surface.
Such an empty depth.

They have a name for it,
this frozen water,
this framed eye;
the window to the soul -  
as if the very essence of being
could be captured and returned by a cold, flat sheet.

I wish it could capture me.
I have not owned a face for so long.

These ageless eyes, so tired of life,
of sifting through cold souls like midnight rain, 
finally fall on my salvation.
You are my inversion - 
warmth to my cold,
light to my darkness,
life to my death. 
Yet for all we are and must be, your passion is my reflection.
The only place I can truly see myself
is in the mirror of your eyes.