tarnished mirrors.

a tarnished mirror.
misused, now unused.
we reflect less and less.
it reflects worse now.
past views visualized,
they’re distorted now,
they’re tarnished now
by what we want to see.
it speaks, and we see what it says.
we hear what it says,
we hear it says,
it says,
whatever we want to hear.
we stroke the mirror;
we hold the mirror;
the mirror shows us
whatever we want to see.
when a mirror
shows us, tells us
what we want,
it is weakened
to worthlessness.
a once needed mirror, now,
a tarnished mirror.