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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.
 
  In silvered glass appeared a sweet
Reflection where none was before.
Aloof perfection saw it and
Found something else she might adore.
 
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?
 
  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.
 
Before, alone, (as none compared)
But now I do not want to be.
My other self, my daughter-twin,
My Galatea - come to me.
 
  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.


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