light and shadow

if there opens up a room

for you beside another
and for him beside you

full of light

and space

in which you

can truly

and wholly

be yourself

light and shadow

in which you fall in love

with yourself, even
with yourself, imagine!

this you, you see in the mirror,

the other’s eyes become for you 

so sudden the vision of yourself
as you were meant to be -
in which he falls in love
with himself,
even himself, imagine!
the self, he sees in the mirror of your eyes -
so sudden the vision of himself
as he was meant
to be from all beginning -

if you see yourself

and him full of light

and shadow

you are free

all of a sudden

to give yourself to the universe

© Susanne Becker