Mirror

She holds a two-faced mirror,

one side to return the light,

the other, held to an obsessive

scrutiny, to return its cipher.

Now the long stare of her fear

speculates. She must gauge

urgency between the unknown

and evidence from this image

as its puzzle answers back

again from the factual glass.

Like a cruel mute there is no

sign, and a flat reflection

refuses to explain what she

sees in the dark of her lesion.