I saw a face that looked like me,
and I saw it looking back at me.
I smiled and saw it grin.
I whirled and saw it spin.
Everything I did, it did with me!
When I said, “Please, do not mimic me,”
silently it mimed this back at me.
I turned my back on it,
but sneaked a peek at it,
and I saw it peeking back at me!
From my side it never seems to stray.
I don’t think it’s ever far away.
No matter what I do
it always does it, too,
so it must be near me every day!
Very careful now I have to be,
since my image always follows me.
With just the faintest light
it shows both wrong and right –
even things I wish that none could see!
I saw a face that looks like me,
and it always seems to act like me.
More honest than a friend,
on it I may depend
to show me the “me” that others see!
and I saw it looking back at me.
I smiled and saw it grin.
I whirled and saw it spin.
Everything I did, it did with me!
When I said, “Please, do not mimic me,”
silently it mimed this back at me.
I turned my back on it,
but sneaked a peek at it,
and I saw it peeking back at me!
From my side it never seems to stray.
I don’t think it’s ever far away.
No matter what I do
it always does it, too,
so it must be near me every day!
Very careful now I have to be,
since my image always follows me.
With just the faintest light
it shows both wrong and right –
even things I wish that none could see!
I saw a face that looks like me,
and it always seems to act like me.
More honest than a friend,
on it I may depend
to show me the “me” that others see!
Bronze trophy winner
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