Before the mirror, smile and show
The secret 'you' that's never seen,
Alone there you can show yourself,
The 'you' that others cannot know,
And, even you cannot be sure of.
Is the image before you reality?
Is it a fiction which reflects reality,
Or, a fiction just reflecting fiction?
Can you honestly say?
For none of us has ever seen
The far side of the mirror,
Or, having gone there,
Looked back and seen ourselves.
That might be called 'madness',
But, is that madness,
The reality,
The fiction, or,
The reflection?
Donovan Baldwin