Mirror
The mirror had long forgotten,
how to reflect back,
the images of happiness and pain,
I can no longer see my true self anymore.
Cracks began to appear at the edge,
yet the image will never change,
just like time had stopped,
just like everything freeze at that moment,
I can no longer see my pain anymore.
No matter how many times i called out,
the mirror never once replied,
it is as if it is dead,
yet I am still here…
I can no longer feel my pain anymore.
The mirror started breaking away slowly,
yet it is painless,
as it continued shattering,
I can no longer feel it anymore…
Shared at Jingle Poetry - Poetry Potluck Week #2
Also shared right at One Shot Poetry – One Shot Wednesday Week 12.
This is such a haunting piece, made all the more so by the beautiful music playing (what is that?). Mirrors try to be good friends, showing us what we would like to believe is true. Cameras sneaking a peak are so much more truthful.
those music i found on YouTube and embedded into the player :3~ Is a collection some some sad piano songs, piano composing pieces by Yiruma and final fantasy piano themes… :3~ And mirror always do :3~
still do all my reading..a very poignant one shot poem..they say the mirror never lies but it does.. because it doesnt speak it just stares back in silence…judging…cheers..pete
Cheers to you to Pete! Glad to have you here=D~
Poignant and the first two lines really pulled me into the piece. It was quite intriguing and unexpected, usually it’s the other way around. We hide from our own reflection to escape the pain. Imaginative one shot and thanks for stopping by my side of the fence.
Thank you as well for coming by^^~ We do hide or run away from pain when it become so much =3
Sometimes when I look in the mirror, I barely recognise myself. Excellent OS.
Thank you, same as well
Like your poem, and like your signature too!
Nothing a little glass-cleaner can’t fix! (LOL!)
Nice One Shot!
=P I do hope for that
…as it continued shattering…too much pain just makes our emotions die..beautiful write
yeah, all feelings went numbed up together :3
Poignant, sad, mirrors can reflect both good and bad, — ,profound one shot,
Joanny
http://thedowsersdaughter.blogspot.com/
^^ Thank you joanny =) I am sure everything in this world have both sides=)
Wish my mirror forgot to reflect…
ode to un-punctuated verses
It will be bad
~ it is good if reflections can reflect, it knows where the light is =P
Unfeeling through reflection—reminds me of a point of depression where all seems numb. Great use of metaphor, and image too. Powerful One Shot!
^^ Thank you Dustus
~ when things get too painful for oen heart to handle, the feel will just go numb =) It is the same as being in a freezer for a long period of time.
Its so thoughtful and arresting.. the mirror has forgotten to reflect… I liked it so much.
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
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Thank you and glad you love it, when one forget how to love, one can’t show love to others…=)
Very interesting. The way the mirror has forgotten how to reflect back. I must admit, I like the earlier “I can no longer see my true self anymore” more than the almost repeat “I can no longer feel my pain anymore.”, but it was all well done.
^^~ Glad you love it, they always say heart is like a glass mirror :3 I suppose when pain is too much for one to handle they choose to forget or live with it till the end…as if it is part of their lives…^^
Tight theme, good (equally tight) visuals.
oh that last line…i can no longer feel it…leaves us wiht a nice bite to chew on as we go our way…powerful on shot!
Ah it is actually something deep within me that speaks the darkness =)~
How can I for got this piece?
oops,
love it.
beautiful imagery!
^^ I written long ago before you came to my blog
I shared it now^^~
the true self is behind that mirror …let it crack away and see the butterfly you are…..bkm
I wish I can, my friend, but what if the mirror cracked from the inside? :3
Oh.. this was sad, dark, and very lovely! It actually gave me the chills! Sometimes, our past just sits there, like a mirror, painless and numb.. oh, by the way, it actually reminded me of Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb..
There was something kinda spooky about this poem which i really enjoyed!!
You are TOO GOOD, Riika!
Oh…:D Spooky in the hearts of believers ;D
I had to read this a few time … it’s elegant and pround and sad.
Nicely done, Riika.
Something about the past that pierced through the heart, it became the mirror by itself…
It is okay
, the songs doesn’t really suit the atmosphere for this poem anyways XD
This is a very powerful poem…the wording and content was just excellent…I must admit I had to turn the sound off because for me it distracted from the pure power of the poem on this verse.