This is not a mirror
Ground silica back-silvered
A labyrinth to unravel your soul
But splintered fragmentation
Of all your expectations
A story to re-glue and emboss.
This is not a mirror
Portal to another world
Left-handed universe
Turnabouts of phantoms
A touch on your shoulder
That welt on your cheek.
This is not a mirror
It is an owl’s feather
A rat’s tail, a torn page
Blood of jilted lover
The sigh of an empress
Dethroned by endless war.
This is not a mirror, a mirror, a mirror.
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This Jolly Beggar 
Sometimes we see what we want to see. Sometimes we see the truth. If only they could always be one and the same.
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How nice that would be!
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That one gave me the shivers. So much has been done in the name of mirrors!
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Very true. Thanks, Lisa.🙂❤️
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You’re welcome 🙂
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I see that Ken has said exactly what I was going to say. Even a mirror image we can contest if we really want to.
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True enough. Thanks, Jane.🙂
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Four years ago I said people were voting not for the man but for who they wanted him to be. Let us pray that fact has been borne out, and we can see an end to the divisiveness that’s been being force fed to us.
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Illusions abound. Praying with you for reconciliation and healing.
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Is the image in a mirror ever reality …. your poem is thought provoking and beautifully composed.
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Thanks so much. 🙂 We’re least objective about ourselves, aren’t we?
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huge impact with your imagery on this one … you have several blogs!
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Thanks, Kate. This one’s focused most on prompts and so the most active. 😀
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aha but your profile/avatar is linked to pilgrim dreams …
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Yep! It’s the one I began first. 😀
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Dora your last stanza was amazing. I absolutely loved it. Well done ☺️
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I’m glad you liked it, Christine! Thanks so much. 💖
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Oh, I love that repetition at the end. Mirror, mirror…
I am not a fan of mirrors, so part of this hit deep. Well done.
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De, I am so glad you enjoyed it. Thank you! 😊
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Haunting! Mirrors are labyrinth to unravel our soul, that line hooked me to your masterpiece! It’s so good.
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Very grateful for your feedback, Jay, thank you! 😀
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Well done Dora! I love how you have taken the various ways of seeing one’s self in the mirror. If the mirror could talk, it would be a poet or a book writer! The mirror sees the good, the bad, and the ugly!
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Undoubtedly, Dwight. If we could see ourselves as others see us, would it make any difference I wonder. We have flawed views coming and going.
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Sometimes we don’t want to face the mirror!
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Endless stories and reflections…if only those mirrors could talk.
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I know, right? Instead we weave our tales to obscure their truth.
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What you write reminds me “through the mirror, darkly”… mirrors are great for poetry.
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Irresistible. Thanks, Bjorn. 🙂
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Mysterious
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Granted ;>)
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Thank you so much
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Thank you for reading.
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Ywc
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