Poem Category: In the Mirror

In the mirror
I feel the weight
of the grandchild’s smile.

Cold bedroom
in the mirror
old Labrador in our doona.

In the mirror
the silence of snow
on our neighbour’s car.

In the mirror
licking at her sleep
the Labrador’s tongue.

In the mirror
after the long drive home
tucking the toddlers in.

Garden path
ants black with acid
up the school boy’s stick.

Lake mirror
slowly decomposing
autumn leaves.

Her bedroom mirror
every doll out of their box
being chastised.

No one watching…
the mirror brings moonlight
to the child’s sleep.

Lake mirror
a cloud crawls over
the sand below.