Open Poetry #31 |
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Mirrored Thief |
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Alicethruglass Member
since 2001-06-19
Posts 368 |
You take me to a place where pain is forgiven, where answers need no questions and the spinning is calmed. But it is my reflection I see each morning upon waking that worries the real in me and destroys the dreams that prey on me along the way. I watch the lonely take its steps, wandering through the past collecting worth, killing the antonyms of the lost, the windsongs of charge leaving behind only the breath of need. Aspirations need fueling, but the cost rises daily, and I am becoming penniless to truth and its hold on me. The mirror is a thief, a piece of glass that distorts the view, darkening my eyes, betraying what is on the other side. There is no unconditional in life, no laughter in frozen words, no spring to the touch that paints my moods. Only wishful thinking and endless nights of devoted dreams, a face in the shadows binding me in belief. I am aging, wearing it like a ragged robe, becoming forgetful purposely, dismissing myself into fruitlessness, my usefulness ending as I wipe the haze and my essence from the mirror, once more. |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
A powerful write reflecting your mood. May the dreams non remain confined to the night, let them out into the sunlight, so that they can manifest. There is such melancholy in this piece. Touching. Love, Margherita |
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Marge Tindal![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Alice~ You are a reflection of the many facets of the poetess ... wearing, caring, sharing~ THIS - 'windsongs of charge leaving behind only the breath of need' - is a *sigh*, waiting for a place to happen~ Know that it 'happened' here~ ![]() *Huglets* ![]() ~*Marge*~ ~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost, |
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MARK V SHELDON Member Elite
since 2001-06-21
Posts 3015In a corporeal internship... |
Very emotive and provoking write, my friend... This verse especially grabbed me: Aspirations need fueling, but the cost rises daily, and I am becoming penniless to truth and its hold on me. In my own way, I can relate... more than I care to... -MVS You CAN make a difference: |
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Grover Senior Member
since 2004-01-27
Posts 1967London, ON, Canada |
Extremely poignant, well written poem! Grover. |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Alicethruglass Mirror, mirror on the wall who's the fairest of them all? If it doesn't say you, then get another mirror. LOL Enjoyed |
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iliana Member Patricius
since 2003-12-05
Posts 13434USA |
Every stanza of this was incredible. Great writing! hugs, jo |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
Enjoyed this look into the mirror, and the way you wrote it down. Nice writing ~A~ |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
the exact theme I have been focused on lately...nice write, I can relate |
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