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Stranger in the Mirror

Mel Waldman

She used to know me before her vanishing memory,
once whole, split into fragmentary shards of awareness
and partial delineation.

She used to know me and the face in the mirror too.
Then the storm of forgetfulness arrived and buried her
fragile memory in the deep snow.

Slowly, insidious changes within her tempestuous brain
are stealing her identity, but still she recognizes the face
in the mirror.

It is a familiar face-a friend who protects her. Yet now,
although she recognizes me too, especially my gold eyes,
she no longer knows my name.

Soon, I suspect, she will gaze into the mirror and see a
stranger. Her friend will be gone. Who will protect her
tomorrow? When will she vanish forever in the deep snow?

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