Michael Keshigian - Mirrors

Approach them 

when they least expect it,

sneak up on an angle

in a sun filled room

and look into their depths,

to view a shallow pretense of reality

on a flat blank wall, but make sure 

they don’t catch your image.

Witness the burden they bear,

carrying the weight of the room

upon their shoulders,

the queen size bed

with its matching night stand,

adjacent to the windows

between which lingers the dresser

upon a thickly carpeted floor.

All day, every day, 

the images never change,

except at night when mirrors 

crave the company of darkness,

once sunlight has released its grip

to allow respite

and a vacant, dead stare 

into timelessness and eternity,

neither of which demand reflection

in a tactile sense,

though they stand there in absentia, 

admiring themselves in the dark,

your reflection upon them,

making you sweat.







Michael Keshigian’s ninth poetry book, Dark Edges was recently released this September, 2014 by Flutter Press.  He has been widely published in numerous national and international journals and appeared as feature writer in over a dozen publications with 5 Pushcart Prize and 2 Best Of The Net nominations. (michaelkeshigian.com)