Parting

I used to part my hair to the left,

I’m not sure why, it didn’t naturally fall

in one direction or the other;

it was simply one of those decisions

you had to make as a boy, and I think

mine was based on a straw pole

which revealed that most people’s

partings were on the other side.

And I never gave it a second thought,

and hardly ever looked in the mirror

until the winds of change blew about us

and you suggested I parted my hair

the other way, and said you preferred it.

And for once I checked my reflection,

still familiar but now inverted,

and saw how I must appear to you.

John H Davies

31st May 2011