. B r o k e n M i r r o r .

I once saw a smiling star in the mirror

A goddess with eyes like the best-cut gemstones

Grace, divinity personified.

I once saw a deity tread the ground with dainty toes

Almost too light to be any more than a spirit

Every step too gentle

Every step graced with a smile.

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I saw love. I saw acceptance.

A comforting coolness in those sapphire eyes,

Silent strength in the slender blue figure,

Calm collection in that smiling gaze.

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I heard an audience and saw the brilliance of spotlights.

I saw the petals fluttering down from the skies

In exuberance and praise

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and i knew that every dream can come true.

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But now, all I see is a broken mirror

Catching the shadows of a wasted memory

Countless dreams scattered across the ground

Like ashes, like fallen stars

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and a monster

a yellow-gazed monster

that will never see

those shining, glorious spotlights

those deep intriguing gemstone eyes of blue

ever

again.