Mirror of the Heart by Richard Schnap

She first passed it

After her first night of love

The mannequin in the window

In a dress embroidered with flowers

Then again on the day

When she became engaged

This time in a gown

Covered with sequined stars

Next on a cold night

After her fiancé broke it off

In a long dark coat

With a matching black veil

And finally in the rain

Falling from an ashen sky

Wearing nothing at all

But a face as pale as a ghost

Richard Schnap is a poet, songwriter and collagist living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His poems have most recently appeared locally, nationally and overseas in a variety of print and online publications.