Human Mirrors

Wilde had a mirror
            that mocked ugliness and
            divinized beauty ...
            Whitman had the pure
            mirror of the waters with
           that exalted naturalness
           of the human ...
           Rousseau was hiding
           in the hidden mirror of
           caves of the soul, for
           understand the world ...
          DALI refuted everyone with
         mirror design
         of the absurd ...
        Sappho was mirrored in
        lust and the wealth of the
        sensory pleasure ...
       Wallada had the mirror
        of love, so free
       as existential ....
       I poor apprentice
       as a poet, I only do
      and I did a attempt to decipher so much
      beauty in so many shades ...!
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April 25, 2021 at 11:22 AM
Hello Alaka, the mirror shows us the truth. Some people feel beautiful, or pretty, or average. men feel handsome or average in looks. This is how I read your poem. Salute Darlene.
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