I look at it, hanging on the wall
All I see is myself from the past;
From the days when I used to sneak via the backdoor
From the days when I wore torn clothes
When I sat on stones with dusty wool on me
When I used to swim in the rough rivers
Always diving and bleeding after every try
From the days I would lye awake, nightless
When my eyes would protest for me
For me to wake up and climb trees
For me to wake up and sweep the dust in our yards
To remove the stains that were put on me
The chains that were tied to my feet
The master that would ride me like a horse
The weight that I donkeyed around and fire that burned my hands
This mirror shows me, with a white shirt
Clean with the doves hovering over me
This doves shows my hands cleaner than then
It makes my eyes jealous of me
Wanting to take what I have build
The roads I have crossed and the foxes I bypassed
The rings and clothes I wear
It shows the tears evaporating from our past
The river is now a laminar
I can now lye with sleeping eyes
Knowing the trees are now short
And the sharks are now gone
I am free to look onto the mirror at any time
To look at myself with a timeline
And fly away without traffic in the air
[The Mirror Speaks Back]
When I look at you, I see an image that would have...
I see changes happening around me
I see visions changing at every chance
I see myself in a trance, a person who lost the chances on the table
Watching through my life, all alone
The surface is smooth
The light cannot pass, but my mind is
The frames are covered in prosperity
The time might look still
But it moves and runs at every reflection
Yesterday now has wrinkles
The childish kid who played in the sand
Is now an adult working in the mines
With troubles following him like shadows
Anxiety, worries and stress knocking the door
How can I cope when yesterday....
Was fun, sweet and worry-less
When yesterday was just a kid
Looking for mother in amusements
And roaming around swings
When I look at you, I see--
I see a person whose journey...
has started, no turn backs, only eyes
O! I see wishes and dreams not miles away
I see a family that used to be happy--
A man who was brave and alive
A woman who was happy and cheerful
A man whose family is in the desert
A woman who struggles to get sleep
A future unplanned and unaware
