Saturday, March 30, 2024

Look in Thy Glass - poem

 

Lawrence Hall, HSG

Mhall46184@aol.com

 

Look in Thy Glass

 

Cf. Shakespeare, Sonnet 3

 

I look in the mirror and ask, “Who is that old man?”

They said I favored my mother when I was young

Red hair and freckles, and an impish grin

But later they said I had to become a man

 

She had her April, and then so did I

And there are Aprils enough for everyone

They are not my Aprils, but they will do

Every April reflects our youth back to us


I look in the mirror and ask, “Who is that old man?”

I miss my mother

 

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