Reflections of wonder where beauty begins Touching the heart and my soul within ~ Feeling the echoes traced in the breeze Whisper the secrets I long to see. Embracing a vision that is but a dream Mirrored by crystal cascades of the stream ~ Haunted by shadows lone in the mind That tear at the heart and rob the soul blind. A stillness surrounding its silence now broken By the echo of words still left unspoken ~ Peaceful reflections torn from within A mirror of whispers that scream in the wind. Once tranquil in splendour now heartache and pain Robbed of the illusion that used to remain ~ Destroying the walls surrounding the heart As my place of reflection is now torn apart. Invasion and onslaught attack of the mind Violated by thoughts and images unkind ~ With nowhere to run and nowhere to go I'm left with the heartache I don't want to know. What happened here to invade my space; To rock the illusion of my sacred place? This is my reflection made just for me, Why intrude on the pages and heart of my dream? Some things could never now be the same For when I think of reflection I'll remember this pain ~ That ripped through the soul, the heart and the mind To haunt me forever though I'll never know why. This was my splendour in this heart of me A place of reflection where I found some peace ~ Mirrored in crystal cascdes of the stream, For the place I found comfort 'twas all but a dream. © Christina 2nd July, 2004

"This is a deep poem about the mind, and reflections therein.   We all have a place where we escape to in our minds to relax....but what happens when something threatens that tranquility?   Where do we go then?   What do we do?   Suddenly we seem inundated by heartache, pain and problems that we can see no way out!   No longer is there a place we can relax ~ it is gone.   The peacefulness we once knew has disappeared and we fight to keep our sanity.   And we begin to question....was it all just a dream?"