A Shattered Mirror, A shattered life

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SarBear
Member

since 2003-06-05

Posts 205
Massachusetts

0 posted 2003-08-26 12:08 PM

Staring at my reflection
In a shattered mirror
I come to the conclusion
That the mirror is correct
My life is shattered
All it is, is a mess
On the outside I should look how I feel
Torn one way and another
I truly am a shattered person
Striving for the best
Only to fail that pressurizing test
I look closer at the mirror
Pondering what to do
Should I fix it
Or let it show me whose who?

MARK V SHELDON
Member Elite

since 2001-06-21

Posts 3015
In a corporeal internship...

1 posted 2003-08-26 12:12 PM

If you looked at a mirror that wasn't shattered, would you still see yourself...?

-MVS

You CAN make a difference:
http://educate-yourself.org/

SarBear
Member

since 2003-06-05

Posts 205
Massachusetts

2 posted 2003-08-26 12:15 PM

Well, I dont think so, I have constructed myself into someone that if my brain was out on its own without an image of me in it, if it saw me, it wouldnt even know that I was its owner.

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2003-08-26 02:39 AM

do not post more than three in a day...it's just respect for the others here

Midnitesun

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since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

4 posted 2003-08-26 09:50 AM

Perhaps you have a defective mirror. I see a lovely young lady. But looks aren't what its all about anyway, and you already know that. Maybe spend more time looking at other creatures (your bio indicates you care about animals). I find that when I focus less on myself and more on another living being, I have a more positive outlook. Try to spend at least one day each week avoiding all mirrors and mental microscopes. And when you write, maybe hold back half (all but three or four posts) and save them for another day? Take care, Sarbear.

[This message has been edited by Midnitesun (08-26-2003 09:51 AM).]

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

5 posted 2003-08-26 09:53 AM

SarBear
Ask father time, he has all the answers.

Professor Gloom
Member Elite

since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

6 posted 2003-08-26 10:03 AM

As one who avoids my own image, I can understand this feeling,
For decades now I have been unhappy to look in the mirror,
I must concur with Father Time or Seymour, time will allow you to adjust,
Not saying you’ll ever get over it, but at least accept it.
At least you are able to post a picture,
Some of us can’t even do that.
Keep at it and pace yourself through the years
You’ll adapt.

Gloom

Rosebud1229
Senior Member

since 2000-04-05

Posts 1813
North Carolina

7 posted 2003-08-26 11:48 AM

SarBear,
what can I tell you we all feel this way,
I know I myself, love to hide the hurts deep down inside, but start living life,
for we only have one which to live,
By the way your a beautiful young woman,
and I know that by your writing, you have alot to offer, so stay focused and determined and you know what pretty soon those scattered pieces will start to come together and one day you'll look in the mirror and see the real you .
Listen to your heart.

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

8 posted 2003-08-26 06:33 PM

The Mirror lies, this I know dig deep inside tp beauty show.

The mirror cracks from side to side
and in its flaws, myself I hide
I look and strive to seek truth's light
but only end up filled with blight.

Could it be the mirror lies?
Mocks my beauty and my tries
I do not know, I cannot see.
My cracked reflection haunting me

Perhaps my heart is sear and cold
perhaps one day I'll be so bold
to take the mirror smash it up
and turn to drink from life's full cup.

Then in that day I'll know I've grown
my broken image will have flown
replaced by beauty plain to see
revealed within the heart of me.

Until that day I will pretend
I have a beauty with no end
and hide my flaws with golden cloth
smile and pray it is enough.

Have courage, face yourself, love yourself and turn away from the broken image.
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

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