I look in the mirror,
And I see the five year old child clutching her plushie,
In her blue sweater,
Fixated on her favourite movie, Mowgli .
I look in the mirror,
And I see the nine year old girl petting every dog she sees,
And gasping at anything with shine and shimmer,
Sitting in the park with bruises on her knees.
I look in the mirror,
And I see the thirteen year old girl with books in her hand,
The library better than the real world she finds,
Strident people she can't stand.
I look in the mirror,
And I see the girl who is now fifteen,
To whom cats are nothing short of a treasure,
And I've loved her through better and worse and everything in between.
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Author:
Akshadha Joshi (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: A poem I wrote back in November. 🎀
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Comments2
So nicely composed with one age following the other and the development of the character follows the poem. It is the last stanza that seals it so nicely rhymed and with the last word putting in place everything said before it gets a fave from me
Thank you so much 💗💗💗
Keep that mirror safe - it has much work to do yet.....
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