New song! New Icon!

And I'm rather pleased with both.

First, the song:

A MIRROR CANNOT LOVE (tentative title)
By Ann Magill

There hangs upon the wall a silvered glass
That promises to show the truth of things
But its truths are just shadows that will pass
It cannot show the deeper Truth love brings.

Chorus:
A mirror cannot love. A mirror is not wise.
And so I long to see myself reflected in your eyes.

For when I gaze, alone, upon my face
To note the changes Time has rendered there,
Then vanity and dread both leave their trace,
And I see less of Truth than Pride, and Fear.

Chorus:

A mirror cannot see, nor is it wise.
And so, I long, again, for all those times
I saw myself reflected in your eyes
Those days we shared our tears, and sang our rhymes.

Chorus:

(I'm also contemplating repeating the first verse.)

To hear the tune, cut and paste the following abc text (starting with X:1 and ending with||) into the message window at this link. Make sure you have your pop-up blockers turned off.

X:1
T:A Mirror Can Not Love
M:3/4
Q:1/4=95
K:C
A,A,2CC2|EE2DC2|B,C4z|EG2ED2|CD2EF2|GE4z|CC2A,A,2|
B,E2DC2|B,A,4z|CC2EE2|FG2FE2|B,2C4|z2DD2G|
G2FE3|zA,A,2DD|-DCB,4|CC2DD2|EF2GF2|EE2DC2|
B,2C4|-C7/4||

(Oh, and I also did some more lj user icons, as you can see on the commet page to this post ;-))