Recurring Themes

I've noticed a lot of recurring themes lately.  It's not that they haven't always been there, it's just that I'm starting to notice them more.  It seems like I'm seeing a lot about mirrors, and reflections in general, mostly with light on water.  We all see them, but don't think about them that much.  This one touches on that theme again.  I'm trying to decide if I want to drop the whole idea of mirrors, and reflections, but like I said, they keep coming up, and they do serve.  Maybe I should be looking into the underlying whatever?  Anyway, here's another one.

You

When you're not here my mirror is empty

There is light shining back

but nothing else that matters

Hope

lies in the background next to the couch

between it and the floor lamp

where you dropped my little bag of dreams

Forgot

the bag and took the dreams with you

I put some books on top of the bag

so I wouldn't have to see it all the time

Knowing

it's there but it really doesn't matter

smash it flat with enough books

you can ignore its existence

Time

passes, slowly but still

like a moon on calm water

shining brightly but not really there

Copyright 2010 Carl Thames