"was once"
Some piece of me broke-
finally giving way
     and I'm not sure who it is
still standing here
     in front of this mirror.
Perhaps in this reflection
sits a life filled with pleasures
without apprehension,

Or perhaps a depression so deep
     it smiles-yet a smile
can no longer be found
anywhere
     in this reflection,

Perhaps a life reflected
that is so far away
that what stands here
is but only a memory
     of what
was once.
-Armando Torres