**Reflection**

In the mirror's quiet gaze,

A world both known and strange,

A face familiar, yet so far,

In shifting light, it’s changed.

Eyes that hold a thousand thoughts,

Yet speak of none out loud,

A smile that hides beneath the waves,

Of doubts, both fierce and proud.

In the glass, a story told,

Of days gone by, of dreams still bold,

We see ourselves in ripples,

In the surface calm and still,

Yet deeper lies the current,

Of a heart's unyielding will.

For in reflection’s silent truth,