This Mirror Upon The Door

Every day you look at me
yet, I wonder who you see.
You use to make me smile with yours
now, they come infrequently.

You stare as though you’re in a daze
no emotion in your face,
and I wonder if you’d rather be
far off in another place.

As I watch you in this bland routine
staring blankly right at me,
I want to yell and call your name
and tell you who I see.

Wake up! Wake up, and look at me!
Have you forgotten it is I?
Look beyond this glass that reflects the same
and see deep into my eyes.

I am you and you are me
we’re more than mere reflections,
unleash the life that hides inside
rise above the imperfections.

Release the smiles and seize the day
don’t waste a minute more,
life’s too short to confine oneself
to this mirror upon the door.