Mirror Mirror

Mirror Mirror

Mirror mirror, on the wall,
tell me, tell me,
for you, have seen it all.
The faces, and bodies that you have seen,
from thin, to fat, and grossly obscene.

Children in their growing years,
teenage girls, staring hard at their image,
and then bursting into tears.
Young men so proud, and erect,
wanting to loose their virginity,
not knowing what to expect. 

Mothers to be, staring,
at the swell off their unborn child,
will it be a boy, or a girl?
I promise to love, and not to let it run wild.

Old men jiggleing their sagging breasts,
wondering, what ever happened to that manly chest.
Women aghast, at what gravity has done,
wishing  that their bodies were still trim, 
firm, and young.

Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
please, please, tell me all.

Tango
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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A   Avatar
February 28, 2016 at 6:51 PM
You did well here, nice complexity....Linda
Thirtyseven Avatar
January 18, 2016 at 6:27 AM
Ah the tortures of our mortal shells. You have captured the agony of aging well.
Tango Avatar
January 18, 2016 at 4:44 PM
Thank you for your comment on my poem Mirror Mirror it is appreciated. best wishes, Tango.
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