Mirror Mirror Poem by Lynn Anne Brown

Mirror, Mirror, on the wall
Who's the fairest of them all
I really do not understand
Why you will not answer me
I've given you a thousand rings
I've dressed up in pretty things
I've told you Who I'd like to be
Why won't you answer me

I looked into the mirror
And asked her where she'd gone
Why have you deserted me
And left me for so long
She answered with a question
Don't you know where you have been
A place where my reflection
Would have driven you insane

Hold that glass a little higher
While I balance on this wire
Show me to the other end
A place where heart and soul can mend
It's time to write this song again
Where do you think I should begin
Was it the words or melody
I'd buried 'neath my dignity