Mirror on the wall

Mirror, mirror on the wall,

Who is the greatest dad of them all?

“Thou, O Father, art the fairest in the land,” said the mirror

An illusion,

A mirage of our pursuits

Yet a fact to our little mirrors on our walls

Every little hug, 

Every little reassurance

Makes the reflection on the mirror shine ever more

Money, power and respect

Dripping on the sidelines of each reflection

Money makes the mirror glitter

Power presents dominion 

Over the wall that holds the mirror

Respect, 

Earned and demanded in equal measure

Not in any order, many times not in combination

Fatherhood being an investment of each in every sense

Yet a struggle to fulfill every expectation

Holding on every strand

Digging dip with every heave

Chasing in a race against time

Against a tide of the mirrors consistent exposure to other images

Hoping to continue projecting the charm

To attract even more hugs down the path of years gone by

Preserve the confidence to boldly ask the question

Mirror, mirror on the wall

Who is the greatest dad of them all