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Break the Mirror

How much do I know of how reality plays? Can I touch the sun always on a fine day Can I see inside you perhaps using X-rays Can I skip a heartbeat if she comes my way Can I fix the future it’s best to make hay Can I reflect myself damn mirror broke today Can I overcome fear so far so good anyway Can I know what’s true of course by going astray Can I justify reason much easier than dismay Can I show you God maybe it’s best to pray Can I define reality only what my mind betrays Can I be immortal, in death, time goes away Can I rise up again in endless guises, I’d say! Break the mirror Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Unseeking Seeker 03/05/23

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Kim Rodrigues

Date: 6/1/2023 2:42:00 PM

Can I know what’s true of course by going astray…interesting…life lessons!

David Kavanagh
Date: 6/1/2023 3:40:00 PM

Heya Kim and thank you for your visits today, I think I’ve learned so much by going astray, life lessons indeed some of us learn the hard way, if we survive to tell the truth, cheers David

I Am Anaya

Date: 3/13/2023 6:57:00 PM

A stream of consciousness, summed up in a blusterous unwavering confidence! Cigarette anyone?

David Kavanagh
Date: 3/14/2023 3:06:00 AM

Yeah go in I’ll have one Anaya, don’t tell Charlie, he’s on the smoking wagon lol, only confidence I have about the answer to true reality is I exist, cheers David

Fin Chuuk

Date: 3/10/2023 8:53:00 AM

David, I’m favoring this one. I like it a lot :)

David Kavanagh
Date: 3/10/2023 10:41:00 AM

Thank you Fin, I’m always delighted when I get a Fave, and even happier when a poet likes my work, cheers David

Christopher Flaherty

Date: 3/8/2023 2:47:00 PM

Can I define reality Only what my mind betrays Then be it defined As a massive betrayal Truly great though provoking write David

David Kavanagh
Date: 3/12/2023 3:39:00 PM

Exactly Christopher, we must write for ourselves even in contests, the seeker knows what I’m like, he has his points of inquiry, which I nearly always fail to address, but we mutually respect each other, cheers David

Christopher Flaherty
Date: 3/11/2023 5:06:00 PM

If it's not from your very own personal individual point of view David Then surely it's merely platitudes for the peanut gallery

David Kavanagh
Date: 3/9/2023 2:09:00 PM

Thank you Mr Flaherty, I’m not sure if this is what the seeker had in mind for this contest, but I always write from my own pov, don’t want to betray how I discern reality lol, cheers David

Sotto Poet

Date: 3/5/2023 1:44:00 PM

Your poetry is filled to the brim with deep and meaningful thoughts, David. All of the inquiries that you posed are valid; nevertheless, as feeble beings, we are unable to comprehend what is beyond the sphere of life nor what occurs after death.

David Kavanagh
Date: 3/5/2023 2:16:00 PM

Hello Lasaad, thank you for commenting on this one, I haven’t been around much this week, I’m trying to catch up on things, this contest prompt caught my eye, I totally agree as mere mortals we cannot know what’s beyond life, however some people have faith in an afterlife, I do also, but in a totally different abstract manner, hope you’re keeping well, cheers David

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 3/5/2023 8:09:00 AM

It's all superstition. Ignore it and buy a new one.

David Kavanagh
Date: 3/5/2023 8:37:00 AM

Lol I agree! But what about the metaphorical mirrors, I’ve broken so many here today, I’ll claim poetic amnesty since I don’t have the license, cheers David