a mirror's poor reflection

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    a mirror's poor reflection

    three feet ahead
    the mirror reflects not of me
    I stare into those eyes
    and the body that homes them
    I am here somewhere
    until the flesh lays waste
    I am concealed in this
    with respect until the passing
    I am a prisoner to this
    as a bearer to succeed trials
    that to which I am forced
    but left open to such paths
    what is seen from this mirror
    three feet ahead
    reflects not of me...at all

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    WordSlinger commented on a mirror's poor reflection

    03-26-2009

    My Fav line is I am concealed in this with respect, some times trapped huh

    Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion.

    T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

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