Notice of absence from Allie561
I’m going to take a little break, life has been overwhelming lately and I seem to be too busy to write poetry. I should be back somewhat soon.
I’m going to take a little break, life has been overwhelming lately and I seem to be too busy to write poetry. I should be back somewhat soon.
Look at my broken reflection
Mirror mirror is that really me?
This person that stares back
Surely that’s not what others see
I wouldn’t let myself go out like this
It must be a trick
My clothes wouldn’t be rumpled, I wouldn’t have dark circles
My makeup certainly wouldn’t be this thick
Is my belly really that big?
I go to the gym every now and then
I don’t remember my teeth being yellow
I think I better look again
Mirror mirror on the wall I think you lie
I don’t believe that person is me
There is no way I look like that
This really cannot be
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Author:
Cheesencrackers (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: It’s hard to get older.
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Yeah I’m sure it is hard to get older . But I can relate to the looking in the mirror and sometimes not seeing me .. sometimes I experience that or feel like a stranger is staring back at me but maybe that’s partly my dissociation
It’s hard to accept something that you don’t like. Thanks for leaving a comment, it’s appreciated.
Snot that bad - I blow my nose regularly ...
Haha fair enough Dave. Maybe the mirror needs to be cleaned.
Nah - I use my handkerchief (soft toilet tissue actually) with great skill and dexterity.
(Apologies for my initial response - I just cannot treat advancing age seriously. I think You took my effort very well, and feel it would have been right to use a LOL or 😂in order to hint where I was at. So here's a couple of spares to pop up there when you get the chance: 😂LOL.)
Don’t apologize Dave! I take humor with your responses, thanks for lending a LOL 😂
There was a time that I identified with that sentiment, then I grew older and all vanity went away. It is the defects that give character to a person or any object of value. My poem today is coincidentally about just that. This poem capitalizes on rhyme and meter to emphasize the point and is a fave
Thank you for your support Soren. I think you have a nice perspective on that, hopefully I can achieve the same.
You are most welcome
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