Since many of you have expressed an interest in seeing the writing that I do to avoid my work, I figured I would post a recent...well, I guess it is a poem. If you like it, let me know. If it sucks, let me know that too (just be nice about it.) And remember, I am not a writer by trade, and I don't really edit it. I write most of my stuff in one draft, and it is generally not good, or not something I share. But maybe I'll do it more in the future if folks like it.

Reflections

As I look in the mirror
And myself looks back at me
I wonder of the person on the other side

Is she my opposite?
When I see the glass as half empty
Does she see it as half full?

Is thinking what I am thinking?
When I ponder my future
Does she ponder it too?

Does she feel what I feel?
When I stub my toe
Does she feel it too?

Does she know what I know?
When I learn the latest laws
Does she learn them too?

Is she me?
Or is she just a reflection?
My appearance, my face, but nothing underneath?

Or am I the reflection,
without substance, a veneer
And she the person beneath.