Poems Tributes | To Sylvia Plath

Facing Mirrors
To Sylvia Plath
By Tatiana Pahlen

When beauty turns
with fleeting autumn,
colors fade without trace,
you catch in the unbiased mirrors
mileage playing off your face;
chic shades you flaunt refuse to cover
an absent sparkle of your eyes,
a sudden fear cripples corners
of once appealing, pliant mouth.
Yet, grace is lasting
and so is sageness,
gained with each and every line;
a sole highlight gets only brighter —
your sublime mind.