When I See Me
You are the one that I see
when I look in the mirror at me.
As you stare at my eyes
that’s when I realize
that if you’re not there, I must not be.
when I look in the mirror at me.
As you stare at my eyes
that’s when I realize
that if you’re not there, I must not be.
This poem is copyright (©) Ken Gosse 2024
About the Writer
Ken Gosse
Ken prefers using simple language and traditional meter and rhyme in verses with whimsy and humor. First published in The First Literary Review–East in November 2016, his poems are also in Visual Verse, Pure Slush, Home Planet News, and others. Now retired, he and his wife were raised in the Chicago suburbs. They have lived in Mesa, Arizona, over twenty years, usually with several rescue dogs and cats underfoot.