REFLECTIONS

I look into the mirror

But I see to my surprise

A wholly different person

Looking deep into my eyes

The carefree little girl I saw

When I was 4 or 5

Has now become a young woman

Fighting to survive

It is really sort of scary

That time has gone so fast

For what then I called the "present"

Has now become the "past"

I look into the mirror

And the face looking back at me

Is that of a young lady

Where a little girl used to be.

Poem Copyright © 1981 SDA

Artwork Copyright © Steve Hanks