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WindWalker
Senior Member

since 2001-10-12

Posts 1218

0 posted 2007-09-13 08:45 PM

I look into a mirror
see my reflection looking back;
I feel a strange desire
to break through the mirror.
Doing so I enter another room
where another mirror is located
on the opposite wall...

Briefly, I look back,
see splintered reflections
of 'Me' from the shards
of the broken mirror;
those are the many fears.

I am sum-total of experience
passed through the mirrors:
but the great fear always
stares at me from that mirror
which does not permit even a glance
at what lies beyond,
that is it: the great fear
staring back at me, 'daring' me.

If I am backward looking,
I see but cuts and bruises
from my last mirror encounter,
so I hesitate, I wait
until shoved into the next one.

If I am innocent,
I plunge into the next one,
then I am filled with fear
when I see the blood all over:
but if I am wise, I self-heal;
begin another journey
across that room, to the next mirror
never knowing what lies beyond.

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

1 posted 2007-09-14 08:30 AM

"I am sum-total of experience
passed through the mirrors:"
In this, we differ a bit,
as I believe we are far greater
than a sum-of-the-parts.
I enjoyed the reflectiveness of this piece,
and the notion there are perhaps
several mirrors through which we might pass,
not to mention multiple interpretations
as to meaning.

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

2 posted 2007-09-14 01:02 PM

very intriguing 'write'!

I often feel though, like nothing but an
image forever trapped in a shard of
a broken mirror...

serious applause!

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2007-10-13 03:08 AM

WindWalker,
I have been going back and reading many of the poems that were posted before I came to the site and just want to say that I enjoy your poetry very much. I am finally getting to know my way around and I'm beginning to find the poetry that appeals to me.
Ida

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

4 posted 2007-10-13 03:41 AM

Much enjoyed yet another interesting philosophical view of yours, Windwalker.

- Owl

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

5 posted 2007-10-13 10:59 AM

When we look deep enough into our mirror image we discover that we are whole and innocent at our very core, in every moment.

Thought provoking and well written.

Fear is our greatest enemy.

Love,
Margherita

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

6 posted 2007-10-14 06:55 AM

Interesting...another way to say, face our fears...James

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