In the mirror of time

Our eyes meet

Beatrice peers across the expanse

of all the ages I have ever been

and the ages she is still to be

In the mirror of discovery

We connect

Questions in breathless sequence

baring life’s secrets

that had remained elusive

for too long to bear

In the mirror of knowing

We share

Our mutual essence,

our common aspiration

willed in ancient code

that binds us in communion

In the mirror of notions

We promise

To abide in turbulence,

gleam in brilliance,

rejoice for all to see

when we look again

in the mirror of time