Mirror, Tower and Chain

from Blue & Green by Aidan Simpson

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I finally found out I'm a liar
though I didn't believe it at first.
I was told by a boy in the mirror
who's been following me round since my birth.
And though with many measured words I pleaded,
defined my innocence in every way,
he told me once again I was deceivèd
for that's exactly what a true liar would say.

My love is busy building me a bower
where we may lay together as we please.
But me, I pace the boards of my sad tower
as lonely as could any lover be.
And I, ungrateful wretch, get round to thinking
that, though of course I like my luxury,
I'd rather lie beneath the full moon sinking
if it would mean she'd sooner speak with me.

Oh this life is many leaps with few good landings
where we must trust the frail flesh as it bends.
And when at least I'm sure of where I'm standing
it seems that, surely, I must leap again.
Oh that there were some anchor I could cling to
made of stronger stuff than skin and bone!
What dark I, on its iron chain, would swing through
without the fear of falling like a stone!

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from Blue & Green, released February 1, 2023

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