If the reflection in the mirror wasn't smiling <br />While I was standing there and grinning like a fool <br />If my feelings always had more clarification <br />Then everything would be so much easier to do… <br />Lord this gainful employment is a distraction <br />It just seems I'm always dealing with a multitude… <br />Of things that need my immediate attention <br />While only living in remembrance of loving you <br /> <br />Daddy worked like a dog to make a livin' <br />And it seems it ain't no different for what I do <br />I've seen a million yesterdays of not winnin'… <br />It's gone and got me at a loss for what's the truth… <br />Heaven knows that it ain't for want of believing <br />That tomorrow holds somethin' good I never knew… <br />Still I keep comin' back and keeping on for one reason… <br />It's only livin' in the remembrance of loving you <br /> <br />And though it's like going through hell to get to heaven <br />But rainbows only happen up with the blues <br />And her lovin' raises my spirits like a leaven <br />I feel like I can have my cake and eat it too… <br />And when I look into the eyes of all my children <br />I know that what's most precious don't make news… <br />And everyday life a prayer of thanks, never ceasing… <br />When it's only livin' in the remembrance of loving you.<br /><br />Little Eagle McGowan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-the-reflection-in-the-mirror-wasn-t-smiling/
