You, my mirror (a poem)

 Hello,

It's already day 7 of my blog marathon! Check out the side bar on the left and see archives for previous posts. I am doing a new post, daily for a month!

 For today's post , I thought I'd write a poem as it's been a while since I wrote one.The last I wrote, I'd been commissioned by Conde Nast to write one for a special issue of theirs.

 Today, I  used a random prompt generator, and the prompt it gave me was Mirror. It was a 3 minute exercise.
I started writing it. and after three minutes ended, I continued for about 28 minutes more.

Here's what I came up with.

 

 

You, my mirror

Tell me things I’d rather not hear

You, my mirror

Show me  what I didn’t think would appear

 

You, my mirror

Reflect not my thoughts, but your own

You, my mirror

Whisper sentiments I’d never known

 

You, my mirror

Stoic, smiling back through tears

You my mirror

Giving me courage, suppressing my fears

 

You my mirror,

Of my heart the sole occupant

You my mirror

Without you my life would be vacant

 

You my mirror,

A portal to my dream

You my mirror

Bind me with a silent scream

 

In you, my mirror

I find myself lost
Forever we will be in

Waves of love, tossed

 

Oh my mirror

Will we swim? Or will we shatter

If I’m  merged with my mirror
It ceases to matter.

 

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© 2022 Preeti Shenoy

For more poems click here. Some poems have already appeared in print. Kindly do not reproduce without permission.

 

 

 

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