I saw you
In the mirror
Beyond
The barrier of glass
That prevents me
From reaching out
To you
Now or ever alas
Who confined you
Inside the frame
To make you unreachable
Who could use
Such ploy and play
Such cruel game
I broke the mirror and
In nothingness groped
Suddenly, umpteen faces
Stared at me
From the shattered
Mirror I’d dropped
I still cannot own you
As one or
Even as thousand
I am in a sea of
Loneliness
With no shore,
Nor a beach,
Just an
Isolated island
~Sudha Dixit
Bangalore, India