Posted by Daisym on May 30, 2005, at 19:34:23
I want to share this in therapy but I'm not sure I won't feel silly. Will you guys tell me what you think? I just finished it but it has been in my head for weeks.
The Girl In The Mirror
I glance in the mirror and stop, Amazed at what I see.
I recognize the eyes, But the rest just isn’t me.
I see this older person, With lines upon her face,
And shadows dark beneath those eyes, My mother in my place.I stare at me awhile, The reflection starts to swirl;
I see a grown up standing there, Yet I feel a little girl.
I marvel at this woman, Dressed in my mother’s clothes
Confident and ready, As off to work she goes.I look a little longer, Wonder how she came to be.
Everything so familiar, But still she isn’t me.I question this mirror person, How can we be this old?
While still I feel so very young, With stories never told?I look a little closer; Searching for her fear.
Why is the pain I feel inside, Not reflected here?Look again, I hear her whisper, From deep inside she cries.
Look behind the practiced mask, Look at the tortured eyes.She flickers into focus, Haunts me with her stare.
An achingly familiar face, Such sadness mirrored there.Then she’s gone, a ghost again, She’s just a memory.
Hiding the reflection of
…the me that can not be…
…the me you’ll never see…
…but the me I long to be.
poster:Daisym
thread:505439
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