Be Yourself

[Anne Drodgyny]

Mirror

i look at myself and who do i see
who i've become is not who i'll be
i'm true to myself when i'm all alone
i cover my tracks so you don't follow me home
if you saw me for me and not what i show
then what if fail and face what i owe
the person you love or hate as it were
is only my agent sent out to confer.

[Al Truest]

Though the Looking Glass

It all seems real
the depth, the clarity
the vivid appeal

how can that be
a thin shiny veneer
capturing me?

i must be shallow
can you not see?
that what's in the mirror
is really not me?

break on though
come if you dare
drink from the bottle
and i'll see you in there.