(soft reverb, heartbeat pulse)

She moves when I do.

I think she learned me.

The mirror breathes in borrowed light,

Her lips arrive before mine might.

Every blink becomes her cue,

Every thought—she thinks it too.

I taught her love, she taught me grace,

Now I can’t tell which wears my face.

I blink, she stays.

I speak—she prays.

Mimic, take me whole,

Carve my name into your soul.

I was real until you came,

Now we share a single flame.

Mimic, breathe me thin,

Wear my heartbeat on your skin.

She hums the songs I used to know,

Her shadow moves where mine won’t go.

I paint her smile, she paints me wrong,

Our voices merge inside one song.

The glass dissolves; she steps through—

And I forget who taught who.

I reach, she bleeds.

I fall, she leads.

Mimic, take me whole,

Etch my pulse into your role.

I was real before the glass,

Now I’m learning how to pass.

Mimic, breathe me thin,

Let the merging now begin.

(echoing whispers)

One voice, two names,

Both call, both claim.

The mirror cracks—

We stay the same.

Mimic, call me yours,

I’ve forgotten what was mine.

Love was just the echo’s lure,

Reflection is divine.

Mimic, end the line—

I am yours, and you are mine.

(softly)

She moves when I do.

I think she learned me.