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You were not carved from love, but need.
A tool I happily threw out. Yet your awakening woke in me A joy I had long gone without. | |
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In silvered glass appeared a sweet
Reflection where none was before. Aloof perfection saw it and Found something else she might adore. |
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How strange to take such pride in you,
Because until you came along, Oh! All I valued was myself. Who else has ever proved me wrong? | |
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The crystal window's touch is cold
Though smooth, to the two reaching hands, And yet despite the sovereignty It will not yield to your demands. |
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Before, alone, (as none compared)
But now I do not want to be. My other self, my daughter-twin, My Galatea - come to me. | |
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You may not pass the mirror's plane
Unless you break the surface fair. Don't think yourself Narcissus when Instead you are poor Echo's heir. |