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Open Poetry #23

Mirror.... Mirror

CSKpoet
Senior Member

since 2002-07-12

Posts 845
Island in Paradise

0 posted 2002-12-06 09:16 PM

Shadows cast
a cold grey
pall against
yellowed paint,
staining my mind
with the
bitter taste
of morning.

Slowly,
with the
calculating steps
of a convict
seeking parole,
I stagger
from faded
flowered sheets
to a funhouse mirror
where a garish clown
with a painted
on smile
sadly stares
back at me
with uncertainty.

Anonymously
she carefully
assesses
my estimated worth,
careful to
remember
every unpaid debt,
reminding me
with bankrupt
emotions.

An expert,
she is my
greatest critic...
How did I
get nowhere,
so damn fast,
going someplace?

But somewhere
between
stale coffee
and
week old news,
I gather my courage
to greet a new day.

Poetry is:
Passion, imagination and intellect running together.

Aloha with warmest regards, Cheryl Stewart Koomoa

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

1 posted 2002-12-06 09:18 PM

Sheesh, I like your's a lot more than I
like mine....(the poem and while we are at it...the pic)....

CSKpoet
Senior Member

since 2002-07-12

Posts 845
Island in Paradise

2 posted 2002-12-06 09:25 PM

LOL at you Barry..
You see, we don't view ourselves the same as another sees us....
I just posted it to prove a point...
Ain't nuthin' wrong with your face,baby!
and as for me?
I have just been having these ughhhhhh morning feelings...LOL
my birthday looms large hehehe
so thanks for your uplifting and kind assessment
warm hugs, Cher

Poetry is:
Passion, imagination and intellect running together.

Aloha with warmest regards, Cheryl Stewart Koomoa

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