Mirror Poem by Ahmad Shiddiqi

mirror
mirror
on
the wall

why we use you?
why we need you?
why we adore you?
why we look at you?

before we're working
before we're meeting
before we're partying
before we're sleeping

before we're touring
before we're studying
before we're shopping
before we're socializing

why we should love you?
why we should touch you?
why we should clean you?
why we should depend on you?

after we're bathing
after we're diving
after we're surfing
after we're swimming

after we're flying
after we're hiking
after we're camping
after we're bicyling

seconds
minutes
hours
days

our hair
our face
our neck
our body

you copy us
you reflect us
you multiply us
you accompany us

can you copy our heart?
can you reflect our mind?
can you multiply our feeling?
can you accompany our loneliness?

do we ever ask you?
what we have felt?
do we ever ask you?
what we have think?
do we ever ask you?
what we have done?

we see cute of us in you
we see strong of us in you
we see perfect of us in you
we see beautiful of us in you
we see handsome of us in you

do we ever ask our heart?
what we have felt to nature?
do we ever ask our heart?
what we have think to humanity?
do we ever ask our heart?
what we have done to flora fauna?

mirror
mirror
on
the wall