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The Mirror of My Life

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Girl, Time, Time Pressure, Worried

I look in the mirror and see my life a young girl running and jumping picking wildflowers for mother helping daddy in his workshop (well, on his bench anyways) sitting on grandma's lap in the kitchen listening to her tell stories while I pet my kitty I watch her lips and expressions in awe (in the end she did not know my name) but she liked me a lot- I guess that is life I see myself at the funerals of my sister, brother father, mother, husband, baby and grandma I just close my eyes and I am there again my grandpa had left me long, long ago life goes on and I grew to who I am I became a writer grandma because of you now, I feel an ache and stiffness in my bones it is hard to hold a pen for very long I am not very fast anymore and often misplace things in odd places cannot remember names and only the past in fragments but life still goes on I look in the mirror and wonder who is that old lady looking back because in my mind I am a young girl _____________________ May 06, 2022 Poetry/Free Verse/the mirror of my life Copyright Protected, ID 05-1453-964-06 All Rights Reserved, 2022, Constance La France Written for the Standard contest, In The Mirror of Life sponsor, Anoucheka Gangabissoon, Judged 05/13/2022 First Place

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Jeanette Brewin

Date: 5/29/2022 10:52:00 PM

This is a lovely poem. Well done.

Constance La France
Date: 5/30/2022 7:28:00 AM

Jeanette, thank you so much for the visit and compliment, blessings ~Constance

Rhonda Johnson-Saunders

Date: 5/26/2022 7:23:00 AM

Congrats on your win, Constance, with your beautiful, poignant poem. I can relate in so many ways. Rhonda xx

Constance La France
Date: 5/26/2022 8:05:00 AM

Rhonda, thank you so much for the compliment and congrats and comment, blessings ~Constance

Ann Peck

Date: 5/14/2022 3:23:00 PM

Your lovely poem describes aging perfectly. So many I once knew and loved are gone. It brings tears to know you lost a baby.You're pretty amazing. Congratulations on your win. :)

Constance La France
Date: 5/14/2022 5:56:00 PM

Ann, thank you so much for the compliment and congratulations, yes, I lost my husband and my baby close together and I thought I would never survive it but inside of me a fire burns, blessings ~Constance

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 5/14/2022 8:24:00 AM

Congratulations on your win. What a "Wonderful" story/write. I love this one. Have a blessed day/weekend writing away....................

Constance La France
Date: 5/14/2022 5:57:00 PM

Paula, thank you so much for the congratulations and the compliment, blessings ~Constance

Valsa George

Date: 5/13/2022 9:01:00 PM

"I see myself at the funerals of my sister, brother father, mother, husband, baby and grandma"..... These lines tug at my heart strings.... ! Witnessing the death of so many of your dear ones....! What a fate.... Yet life goes on.... ! I have so much of admiration for you as you rose like a phoenix from the ashes of burnt dreams. Congratulations on your wonderful poem being placed at the top in the winners' list....dear Constance!

Constance La France
Date: 5/14/2022 5:59:00 PM

Valsa, thank you so much for the compliment and the congratulations, yes, I have experienced a lot of death in my life, too much death but somehow I found the strength to embrace life and drink from the blue sky, blessings ~Constance

Anne E Sangster - K

Date: 5/13/2022 4:48:00 PM

Congratulations Constance on your first place win. A wonderful free verse and an enjoyable read. Cheers Anne :-)

Constance La France
Date: 5/14/2022 5:59:00 PM

Anne, thank you so much for the congratulations and the compliment, blessings ~Constance

Sotto Poet

Date: 5/13/2022 4:35:00 PM

Congratulations on your well-deserved Win, Constance, you penned such a wonderful poem. Blessings

Constance La France
Date: 5/14/2022 6:01:00 PM

Sotto, thank you so much for the congratulations and compliment, blessings ~Constance

Constance La France

Date: 5/13/2022 9:05:00 AM

Friends, of course I am not an old lady but having working in a nursing home for many years , I have an insight of what it feels like to be old, and also watching my grandma, and others in my family fading away, has left a deep impression on me to be able to write of old age, Constance

Rico Leffanta

Date: 5/7/2022 11:20:00 AM

A classic! Fav'd!

Constance La France
Date: 5/8/2022 1:45:00 PM

Rico, thank you so much for the compliment and the FAV, blessings ~Constance