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Endless Within-

Having eyed the edges of eternity Scornly decorated With a draping psychotic sable Within this brief glimpse I chanced my doppelganger staring Studying the lines of my face Before I smashed the hoary transom Wholly terrified… Hiding under the candles cloak Anxiously searching For the windows to my escape Headlong through Tenacity dripping from ceiling cracks Searching my identity For that which separates truth from replica That transitory player… Left behind to endlessly wander A morose phantom Pursuing any face in the looking glass Feigned banal life Hoping to savor one taste of reality But ever locked away Inside his negative plane reflecting Another’s desire…

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Date: 2/1/2012 6:54:00 AM
I have truly enjoyed reading your poetry you have posted here at PoetrySoup. You are a very special poet and I wish you the best in your life and with your poetry. Two thumbs up to you Charlie. Love and best wishes always, Carol
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