A METAMORA PATTER POEM

WHAT DO YOU SEE WHEN YOU LOOK AT ME?

WHAT DO YOU SEE
WHEN YOU LOOK AT ME?
PLEASE TELL ME
I'D LIKE TO KNOW.

THERE'S SO MANY SIDES OF ME
THAT I
NEVER KNOW
JUST WHICH ONE I SHOW.

DO YOU SEE LOVE SENT FROM ABOVE?
OR DO YOU SEE A LONELY MAN?
DO YOU SEE HATE AND BITTERNESS
OR A WOMAN AFRAID TO STAND?

WHAT DO YOU SEE
WHEN YOU LOOK AT ME?
BUT DON'T TELL ME
IF IT MAKES ME SAD.

FOR WHEN YOU'RE
A MIRROR
THERE'S NOTHING DEARER
THAN THE THINGS
THAT MAKE YOU GLAD.

AUTHOR PAT GULLEY
WRITTEN 1973