Reflection

GiaB writing prompt #22 intimacy

I wake from your embrace two blooms unfurling at dawn

My likeness is mirrored in your smile but the reflection across the room beckons me to the mounted mirror

Untangling my shape from yours I now stand before it alone

I run my fingers over my reflection the smudges blurring the definition of my eyes my breath steams up the glass in panic at the sight of my unseeing reflection

I peer into this vignette a burgeoning self blossoming alongside you

After lockdown, I find that having given all my attention to my partner and nurturing our relationship, it is with some anxiety I focus on my own process of self-renewal. This poem is inspired by the triangular relationship that emerges when you love someone — your partner being one node, the relationship and yourself, the other two.

Eager to see the take of other poets, the likes of Imad Russ W Carolyn Hastings among others! Thanks Victor Sarkin