SHE AND I

SHE AND I 

I looked

In the

Mirror...

What I 

Saw

Was

A stranger.

Who was

I?

I couldn't 

Answer. 

I turned 

Right,

I turned

Left

Yet, I 

Did not

Know

Myself.

It isn't 

Me,

I said.

It simply 

Can't be.

The face

Was mine

The hair

Too.

So were 

The eyes 

And nose,

Lips and

Ears...

It was

Me but

Not really . 

Something

Sure was

Missing.

I glared

At the

Looking

Glass 

Willing

It to

Reveal

The secret...

Only

The girl

In the

Mirror

Just stared 

In mocking

Silence.

I looked

For a

Final

Time

Before

I laughed 

Turning

Off

The lights,

Stumbling

Back in

Bed

I realized

She was I

Sleep

Deprived!

    FREDERIKA MENEZES