Dead Ringer

• Brian Callaghan
• Poetry
• 2010

I paw at the mirror escaping your face
Clawing my way away from you
Turning into another mirror i see myself
I see you on the other side
Hammering the glass to get at me
But I turn my back on you again
Like you once did to me

Soon once again we will meet
And I won't have any escape
You will corner me in
And forever seal my fate

In my reflection I begin to dim
When you stare back at me
I can see through myself
To see you standing behind me
In the endless windows of repetition
You are everywhere
And I am nowhere

Soon once again we will meet
And I won't have any escape
You will corner me in
And forever seal my fate

You'll seal my fate away from me
And when this day comes
Reflections will no longer be fakes
And when the mirror breaks
You will come for me

Run away!

Soon once again we will meet
And I won't have any escape
You will corner me in
And forever seal my fate

After i escape I learn
That the mirror reflects only me
While you lie still in your grave
So as I war with myself
I fight the reflections