BROKEN MIRROR

Cracked mirror. Broken mirror.

Formerly reflects and refracts

Now stained with horror

No definite shape, let's say, flat

Observer's eye see virtual images

Same distance, size and upright

'Boom' 'boom' 'boom' and the carnages

Satellites and flashlights put the mirror in fright

Cracked mirror. Broken mirror.

Drops of blood it bled

Counties and boundaries, all and sundry

For refuge they fled

Mending the cracks, joining the parts

To his early grave the Dove goes

The mirror's heart is pierced with darts

Sighing are the Poles

Mirror with broken sores

Mirror that groans