Something Different Staring Back

I looked in the mirror today
I saw something I did not expect
A man staring back at me

Not, ‘an ugly bastard’
Not, ‘a stupid face’
But a man

I saw a not unhandsome man
In the mirror for the first time
That was a surprise

Progress at last, I thought
Yet all else remains

I’ve still so many criticisms
To purge from my brains

Beautiful How I Knew You

I saw your latest picture today
The one of the new you
You said you had slimmed down
I was dreading this day

Of course I could not say
That I missed the old you
You are happier this way
Of this I’m glad to say

Of course it’s not my business now
It has been for far too long
But I cannot help feel
That I miss the rest of you

You were beautiful that way