The Spider In The Mirror
From Gray Matters: The Works Of Sharon And James Gray
There’s a spider in the mirror
though it sometimes tries to hide.
It’s kind of hard to see it
‘cause it’s on the other side.
You needn’t fear the spider.
It won’t do you any harm.
It sits and spins and guards the mirror,
like a lucky charm.
Because, you see, the mirror
is a gateway made of glass
and on the other side of it
are things that want to pass.
Like the thing that looks like you
when you look in the mirror,
and when you look away
it tries to creep a little nearer.
Deep down you know
those aren’t your eyes.
You know that’s not your face,
and everything about it
seems just slightly out of place.
Flies swarm inside its empty head,
maggots fill its eyes,
and a thousand squirming centipedes
writhe under its disguise.
If it dared, it’d catch you
with its countless vermin claws
and drag you through the mirror
to it’s black and writhing maw.
Sometimes people die this way,
sometimes the mirror wins.
They vanish without any trace
and are never seen again.
But you needn’t be afraid
’cause there’s a spider in the glass.
It spins a web the demons fear
and never lets them pass.
