A dropping off place that we can always go.
The cave where we can hear the winds blow.
A vortex like the black hole in outer space.
We can see it in our mind's eye before our face.
For a while we can rest there before going on.
It helps us to see a dark dusk and a bright dawn.
But the reflection can come out gray and inert.
We find out that who we are is what we exert.
The reflection can remind us that we are alive.
Lest we forget our past and take a nose dive.
