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Grinch
Member Elite

since 2005-12-31

Posts 2929
Whoville

0 posted 2006-01-29 06:22 PM

The mirror spins a lie,
a face I barely see
What time and age bequeaths,
the boy that once was me,
Where are all the smiles,
my angels’ wings?
Where are all the dreams?
Those ancient things.

Where did I go wrong?
I ask you now you’re here
Why do all my friends
fade away then disappear?
Please give me eyes to see,
a tongue to scream,
Give me back some hope,
a chance to dream.

I can’t change your face,
that mirrored stare
But I could be the boy
who once lived there.
My life isn’t done
perhaps it’s time to be
A reflection of the boy
that once was me.

The mirror spins a lie,
a face I barely see,
I stare to find the boy
I thought I used to be,
Beneath the lines of age,
those weathered things
I think I glimpsed a ghost
of angels’ wings.

[This message has been edited by Grinch (01-29-2006 06:56 PM).]

nakdthoughts
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since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

1 posted 2006-01-29 06:50 PM

~smiling~ into your mirror

M

miscellanea
Member Elite

since 2004-06-24

Posts 4060
OH

2 posted 2006-01-29 06:56 PM

Grinch?

You totally stole my attention with this!
I love the way you spun the mirror around to boyhood. We can be anything we want, right? (except maybe a bit younger! Oh, I'm beginning to see a few of those gray hairs that I prefer to discard!) Good write!

miscellanea

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

3 posted 2006-01-29 07:12 PM

Grinch...I enjoyed seeing the boy within your poem and your mirror. Well done!

Musicmaker1969

Senior Member

since 2000-06-25

Posts 589
Peterborough, Ontario Canada

4 posted 2006-01-29 07:41 PM

Wow. A very moving poem. I'm not sure if you are a young person who feels very old and is wondering where your youth has gone or if you are an older gentleman looking back for that young boy who once was. Often we long to be that young person we once were. Myself, I would not want to go back over my younger years, but I do hope you find the boy you used to be.

Sincerely,
Sheri Adams

Jesus lives in my heart! He can in yours too!!!
Sheri Liegh Adams
sheriliegh@sympatico.ca

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

5 posted 2006-01-30 12:41 PM

The boy is writing some good poetry! Look in the mirror!

The Lady
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

6 posted 2006-01-30 12:49 PM

Excellent work!

TomMark
Member Elite

since 2007-07-27

Posts 2133
LA,CA

7 posted 2008-01-06 06:45 PM

yep, very good one.

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