"In which direction / Does reflection go?"

The Man in the Mirror for Nick Rocz The man in the mirror is becoming my friend So familiar and so like me in the end That I worry about him when he is away And feel better about him when he is not Off wherever he goes but someone has to stay Behind I suppose or that is what he thought Or so the man in the mirror got me to agree On this side or so I thought then when he brought It up but now I wonder if that was only me Since for better of worse our images reverse He called me his shadow but would not explain And when I asked him he would only say "Mirror mirror on the wall As I wonder how Who reflects whom now I wonder if you know Seeing my reflection Which of me is after all" But being reflection The mirror does not know All it knows is that it goes Without introspection The mirror would be helpful but It says it does not know how only what In which direction Does reflection go? The mirror does not know It says (and looks the other way) I will have to look in the mirror and see Over there where it looks so much clearer to me About this and ask my friend if I might come Across through the mirror the better to see clearer What I have only seen reflected but If there is happiness there I would like to find some And if it is true that over there is where I become The person he makes it look so easy to be Or come across that way or at least come nearer Through the mirror where my friend seems to be so free Making me ask why I have to remain Here behind the window of opportunity Wishing I knew which is looking which way I entertain the possibility That the man in the mirror might be me Only to be frightened into turning away To turn back and ask my friend which I might be Who am I / who are we anyway? Mirror mirror on the wall As we wonder how Who reflects whom now We wonder if you know Seeing our reflection Which of us is after all In which direction Does reflection go? The mirror does not know It says (or knows but does not say) +Steven Curtis Lance Copyright MMX