Reflection
I said
no to you
so often, couldn't see.
Do you know how that
changed you
—divided
what you saw in me
or anything
(if you did)
from what you
said
or mostly
didn't?
And another bottle
drained,
your head
lolling off the chair's back,
the mirror's
face blacked.
Copyright Credit: Elizabeth Arnold, "Reflection" from Life. Copyright © 2014 by Elizabeth Arnold. Reprinted by permission of Flood Editions..
Source: Life (Flood Editions., 2014)