Sonnet for the day
Apr. 24th, 2003 02:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
capri0mniInspired by that Irish proverb.
There hangs upon the wall a silvered glass
That promises to show the truth of life.
But its truths are mere shadows that will pass.
It cannot know the truth of love -- or strife.
And 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.
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.
The facts a mirror shows are dead and cold.
'Tis deeper Truth the eyes of friends behold.
I'm not quite happy with that ending couplet... that's the bit that is most likely to change on revision.
There hangs upon the wall a silvered glass
That promises to show the truth of life.
But its truths are mere shadows that will pass.
It cannot know the truth of love -- or strife.
And 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.
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.
The facts a mirror shows are dead and cold.
'Tis deeper Truth the eyes of friends behold.
I'm not quite happy with that ending couplet... that's the bit that is most likely to change on revision.
