Only mirrors
and ponds
reflect beauty
only hearts
feel it
cameras and 
eyes deceive 
and distort 
capturing but 
one moment 
of glee
joy or 
sadness trust
not such
a devilish 
device in
the hands 
of sorcerers 
painting their 
own impressions 
of lies

Empty that
is I
empty of
such thoughts 
and things 
like pockets 
and purses 
and places 
that once 
held and
hid and 
squirreled away 
for such
as this 
rainy day 

And as the 
sun does slowly 
creep from edge
to front and 
then to top 
as it moves 
from one side 
to another inspecting 
like a mother 
to a child 
before heading out 
to church so
do I watch 
you as you 
gently and casually 
rise from bed 
dress and turn 
reflecting in mirror 
your beauty and 
of my esteem 

This this is
my new favorite 
time of day 
of week of
month and year 
this time this 
moment as it
stretches into next 
like putty like 
spilled water that
drips wetting around 
and this wetness 
like rain itself 
makes things shine