Me Too

Today I saw the woman who seemed missing of her smile. I watched her there and we started to stare at each other for a while. I looked at her mouth and heard her say, “To thine own self be true.” While in her eyes, so tired but wise, my every thought she knew. She’d felt every feeling and she understood my pain, just as if she were a part of me, with somehow something to gain. I wondered if she might go on with seemingly much to say, but matching my stare she just stood there, so I guessed it would not be today. Feeling the oddness we looked away, then I reached for the door. When I turned off the light she had gone from my sight and the mirror went black once more. ~Jeannie Cronin