Template:She Handed Me A Mirror

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She handed me a mirror

That she had gazed upon

The glass still held an image

The glass still held an image

But it was of a man

I turned from the reflection

To see who it might be

Is that poor vanity quite how she pictures me?


She handed me a mirror

Rather than tell me “no”

She let slip her handkerchief

Gentle laughter flowed

Just as her lips bestowed

The dashing word like “brother”

The crushing word like “friend”

If there was no beginning

How could this be the end?


She handed me mirror

So I could recognise

The distance from my heart to hers

The distance from my heart to hers

The pity in her eyes

She liked my pretty story

I thanked her for her song

And then I wrote a tale not very long to tell

"You are much more than pretty. You are beautiful."


She handed me mirror and I saw her instead

She handed me a mirror

She handed me a mirror

And that is all she did…