A Mirror Image

When I look into the mirror I see regret.

It seems as though he has done

All that I did not do,

Lived every life

That I did not live,

Spoken every word

That I did not speak

Taken every chance

That I did not take.

He seems all knowing,

To see my every mistake

My every feeble weakness;

None of which afflict him.

When I look into the mirror

I do not see myself

But him, for he is what I

Could, should, might have -

Done, have been, if only -

He is not me.

Iam Regret and nothing more.