Let Me Watch by the Mirror

Let me watch by the mirror
And memorize my face
It may just be the smoke
That will vanish tonight.
There is some sorrow
On every wrinkle
And it weeps like as if
It has lost some fight.
The poison in sweat
It never pretends to die
I am so forced to feel
Ever drop as snakebite.
There is a line on the forehead
A scar on the chin
The depth in the eyes is darker
Than a moonless midnight.
A dead smile on the lips
Is waiting to see
If I’ll loose everything
That I possessed in light.
A rash on the neck
And a pain that won’t die
The poison has severed
Sleep from the night.
As the twilight returns
Eyes open to see
If there is life left
Or was it the last night.
Sun comes at the horizon
Showing the words I must confess
I serve a sentence at the prison
I have built out of delight.
Though my face is still mine
I can’t see if it lives
For it’s end is a mystery
Leaving nothing to decide.
The bitter defeat
Is all that is clear
I loose all hope
As I watch by the mirror tonight.