Literature
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.
(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.