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What Your Mirror Knows
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What Your Mirror Knows |
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FastForward Member
since 2008-06-29
Posts 66 |
Galloping Breyer horses. Barretts of ribbon and bead. Music boxes dancing With rhythmic girls on speed. Love notes, crumpled and worn, Obstructing some of my view. Stickers and memoribilia. Pictures, old and new. Look beyond your image, The truth is not so far. The girl I once reflected Is now the woman who you are. Folded clothes and necklaces. Tuesday's bills and such. The Bible rests unread today Beside your Sunday clutch. All this time I've stayed the same And wittnessed as you've grown. I wonder if you ever knew The girl I once had known. She stared less into my pane And laughed and sang and played. She never doubted direction And she always knelt and prayed. Reflection may be an image, But it's also memory. Forget what you think others want And be who it is I still see. I've had the same bedroom set since I was twelve years old. Boy, I bet my dresser mirror could really tell some tales of my life, thus far! This is my "reflection" of what I think it would tell me today. |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
You did a fine job with this. Your thoughts on growing up and how we change, yet remain the same, makes for some great inspiration. The mirror never lies that's for sure, then again we tend to see what we want to see, I think we're entitled to that much. I'm intrigued and I applaud you and your poem. |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Intriguing FF. I'm getting older so I need a mirror thay lies a little. Ida |
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Indigo Senior Member
since 2001-05-17
Posts 602 |
I LOVE Breyer horses! :-) How wonderful to have a touchstone to your past through that mirror. Enjoyed the journey through your write. Indigo |
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
"Look beyond your image, The truth is not so far. The girl I once reflected Is now the woman who you are." *goodness* this part hit my heart so strong... loved it  |
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XGarapanX Senior Member
since 2008-06-19
Posts 1435Antarctica |
Ah. I almost cried, even if it wasn't really meant to be sad. The passing of those times is precious, like the death of a loved one. ·´~`·»Garapan«·´~`· |
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XGarapanX Senior Member
since 2008-06-19
Posts 1435Antarctica |
And p.s., You are scarey smart, lol! ·´~`·»Garapan«·´~`· |
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