I looks in the mirror but cannot see
Anyone looking back I recognise
Just an old man who cannot be me
I look back ready to apologise
But I am alone, no one else to accuse
The truth has been laid bare
But my mind still tries to eschew
The devastation I can see there
What happened to the man I used to be
And when did he slip away
Leaving behind this travesty
That I can see in the mirror today
I remember the face of my father
I remember the face of his son
When did they merge or rather
When did the two become one?.
Where now is the youth emerging
When my whole world was still new
An addled and confused twenty something
Who thought the world would come to you
How I wish that I’d known
That the struggles were about to begin
That twenty is just a milestone
And the challenges you rarely win
And somewhere along life’s pathway
Where wrong turnings are the norm
Opportunities are just debts to repay
Grab a rose and you catch the thorn
The mirror they say never lies
It’s reflection the reflection of truth
And though I look into my mirrored eyes
I still can’t find the child of my youth.