The Looking Glass
Part I, Refraction
Frontispiece

The Looking Glass

We each hold a looking glass,
a two-way mirror
allowing us to see from where we are
to the day before Forever.

Hardwood framed and slightly silvered
is this gateway to a Light that we may find
through reflection and despite refraction
burning amber in the night sky of the mind.

But the glass is shattered, melted down
and transformed in a crucible divine
that shapes and hollows us into crystal goblets
filling naturally with bright red wine.