just because...

it is not me who looks back through the mirror

but the vision of a person whom i don't recognize

a smile encroaches the deepest crevasses of a once frowned being

it is just you and me here now - in this quiet moment

there are no worldly distractions to veer from the reality of this now

you are quite possibly the portrait of the most beautiful image

the sight of something so real is daunting while oddly comforting

contradicting the smile follows tears in unison

perfect chaos upon one single face

its imperfection is in its own right - perfection

there is no sadness here, not between you and i

it is a marriage of a past and the decision you have made now

the perfect harmony of two swaying to the rhythm of the wind

holding tightly to the self while relinquishing opposition

it is just you and me here now - no one can see us

this is the moment where you and i are no more

the moment where the person standing in front of the mirror ceases

and you continue forward

you will find your footing in the footprints of a past

never lose who you are or where you came from

but i cannot follow as i will only become a burden on your journey

i started all of this but it is my time to bow out gracefully

there are things that were not done in the best of intention

there are mistakes that you will have to overcome

it is just you and me here now - but i am so very tired

i could say that i am sorry for every misstep that i have taken

but i would not want to deny that that is you

from my past you have been birthed

and because of me you will be better- for that i shed no tears

it is just you here now - the refection in the mirror

panic and confusion coupled with the prospect of true happiness

it is just me here now - i will be what i was meant to be