Mourn My Angel

Glances stole, beyond my sight

tell of wishes,buried deep;

For as I hold my mirrored light

a shimmering soul desire reaps



Ages pass, radiance darkens,

from purest white to ashen grey;

Bereft of mind, she cannot harken

voices calling, "Your hand shall slay..."



Drenched with sighs, she fades to black;

Flashing bright, her sword's unsheathed

Yet with slaying; skill, she lacks

And in my stead, my mirror's cleaved



Gazing to the broken light,

newborn tears shame her eyes-

Her love defiled by her blight;

She clasps my bane as she dies

Author's Notes/Comments: 

My guardian angel coveted my looking glass; mad with jealousy, she ignored her obligation and her conscience.  She tried to take it, but ended up destroying the very thing she desired.  In essence, by trying to kill me, she saved me from vanity...

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