harvest (?) - mirror

mirror (by deav)
Rio, Jul 2004
(harvest ?)

boy’s thinking about
what it is to be aging
he asks grandma, she says
it’s like being eighteen
in a body that’s decaying
(boy thinks to himself)
she must be losing her mind
it can’t be like that
i don’t believe it
but years from now
he sees his face in the mirror
and says to himself
i know what you mean…

father’s talking about
the end of the party
what comes next doesn’t matter
and how the choices you’ve made
make you a slave
like sleepwalking
(daughter thinks to herself)
he must be losing his mind
it can’t be like that
i will be different
but years from now
she sees her face in the mirror
and says to herself
i know what you mean…

baby’s talking about
when she carried her dad
in her arms
daddy laughs to himself
dad is too big for you
it’s the other way around
(daddy thinks to himself)
she must be playing my mind
it can’t be like that
i don’t believe it
but years from now
he sees his face in the mirror
and says to himself
i know what you mean…