Sarcoline & Emerald

Studiously, I hold up the mirror,

Anamoured by what I see,

Radiant defects

Curiously never deflect

Our transcendent truth.

Lonely as we are, like stars within

Inexorable galaxies,

Never again will I run away from my

Enigmatic and glorious self.

&

Enlighten me, wise mirror;

Make me my own muse.

Encapsulate my queerness,

Rectify my blues.

Alas- you make things clearer,

Leaving me much nearer to

Dangerously becoming myself: emerald within a sarcoline shell.