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Through Reflection

Mirror's image portrays purity through reflection yet it does not cast acerbity through reflection. When looking into depths of self, what is it you see? From my own eyes darkness hides beauty through reflection. Near sunset the lake's surface almost appears glass-like as sky's depths mirror eternity through reflection. As darkness surrounds me, so do memories of you, my mind struggles to find sympathy through reflection! Pain of death lingers, yet i cannot forge rejection these tears I cry...hide my self pity through reflection. If time could have given you another chance at life then would there have been more apathy through reflection? I search within my troubled mind for answers unfound... through life's scars can one find sanity through reflection? Your picture, my image, blend together as one partly through my memory, partly through reflection. Sandy Adams 10/23/2013 For Debbie Guzzi's take the leap Ghazal Challenge

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Sara Kendrick

Date: 11/16/2013 2:34:00 PM

Enjoyed reading your winning work..Congrats..Sara

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 11/15/2013 11:15:00 AM

It is like anything Sandy the more you do it the easier it gets! DO MORE! ;) ;) Light & Love

Sandra Adams
Date: 11/15/2013 9:19:00 PM

Thank you Debbie...I will have to try another...

Skat A

Date: 11/15/2013 10:40:00 AM

Sandra, Congratulations, on your 'Take the Leap' win............ LOVE ~ SKAT ~

Sandra Adams
Date: 11/15/2013 9:19:00 PM

thank you Skat :) hugs

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 11/14/2013 5:04:00 PM

You have learned 3 or 4 parts to how to write a great traditional ghazal, I loved how you went the extra mile and wrote each couplet so they could stand alone! Great line length, you nailed the rhyming word & the REPEATED word. As always a winner. Congrad's Light & Love

Sandra Adams
Date: 11/14/2013 7:21:00 PM

Thank you for hosting the contest and teaching me this form...your blog gave pretty darn good instructions to follow...and thank you for feeling my poem worthy :) hugs

Sheri Fresonke Harper

Date: 11/13/2013 12:13:00 PM

Reflection is such a lovely word to use as an end word, it has such wonderful meaning, excellent ghazal, Sandy, congratulations on your win.

Sandra Adams
Date: 11/13/2013 8:39:00 PM

Thank you Sheri :)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/12/2013 11:45:00 PM

hey, BIG WAY TO GO on this one, Sandy. soupmail for ya.

Sandra Adams
Date: 11/13/2013 8:38:00 PM

Thank you Andrea :) got it...hugs

Juliet Ligon

Date: 11/12/2013 9:18:00 PM

Creative, Sandra. Congrats!

Sandra Adams
Date: 11/13/2013 8:38:00 PM

Thank you Juliet :)

Joseph May

Date: 11/12/2013 10:58:00 AM

congrays on a great win Sandra

Sandra Adams
Date: 11/13/2013 8:37:00 PM

thank you Joseph :)

Dr.Ram Mehta

Date: 11/12/2013 2:55:00 AM

Congratulations on the win, Sandra

Sandra Adams
Date: 11/13/2013 8:37:00 PM

thank you Dr Ram :)

Dan Kearley

Date: 11/12/2013 12:31:00 AM

A very beautiful, yet sad poem. I can see through the reflection, it is defiantly a winner! Great job on a challenging contest. :o) And thank you for your kind comment on my poem as well.

Sandra Adams
Date: 11/13/2013 8:36:00 PM

thank you Dan :)

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/1/2013 1:00:00 AM

well, I was ready to get off and just remembered I had not seen your poetry in this form yet. wow, it's one of the better ones that is for sure. well done, Sandy!

Sandra Adams
Date: 11/11/2013 7:41:00 PM

Thank you Andrea :)

Bl Devnath

Date: 10/27/2013 5:06:00 PM

Wonderful poem on reflection from many spheres. An echoing reflection of images. Lovely done, my poet friend. Loved always, bl

Sandra Adams
Date: 11/11/2013 7:41:00 PM

Thank you for your kind words :)

Joseph May

Date: 10/26/2013 8:27:00 PM

beautiful write Sandra....best wishes in the contest...

Sandra Adams
Date: 11/11/2013 7:38:00 PM

thank you so much Joseph :)

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 10/26/2013 11:48:00 AM

wow... wow! such a poem... Sandra.... hiding self pity through reflections... the thought pinched a nerve... enjoyed... LINDA

Sandra Adams
Date: 10/26/2013 1:17:00 PM

thank you...was my first ghazal and i have tweaked it a few times... :) have a good weekend...hugs :)

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 10/25/2013 7:24:00 PM

Very intresting piece, I will have to check out this form, I am not familiar with it.

Sandra Adams
Date: 10/25/2013 8:10:00 PM

Thank you Richard...it's new to me as well :)

Sara Kendrick

Date: 10/25/2013 7:33:00 AM

Very creative Ghazal..These are not so easy to write but you made it seem to flow with ease..Thanks for the visit to my page..Sara

Sandra Adams
Date: 10/25/2013 8:09:00 PM

thank you for your vote of confindence Sara...was my first attempt at one and wasn't sure if it was ok... hugs :)

Jajosh Ongado

Date: 10/24/2013 9:05:00 PM

Seeking for answers like a deep wave of inner retreat. How profound can this be; journey on. Incredibly composed!

Sandra Adams
Date: 10/25/2013 8:08:00 PM

thank you so much for your kind comment :)

Poet Tacito

Date: 10/24/2013 10:02:00 AM

"If time could have given you another chance at life, then would there have been more apathy through reflection?" What a powerfully intense question!!! Incredible emotion & ride on this piece.

Sandra Adams
Date: 10/24/2013 11:48:00 AM

Thank you Drake...my muse works best with emotions especially when there is pain behind them...hugs :)

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 10/24/2013 9:11:00 AM

Go Sandra, see ..you could do it! [some periods would be good ;)] THANK YOU. Light & Love

Sandra Adams
Date: 10/24/2013 11:47:00 AM

thank you for challenging me, and i did add some punctuation...i posted quickly last night when done with the write and tweaked it a couple times so far :) hugs

Ravi Sathasivam

Date: 10/24/2013 8:37:00 AM

Excellent. Very touching write. Enjoyed reading it. Tfs

Sandra Adams
Date: 10/24/2013 11:46:00 AM

Thank you so much...hugs :)

Charmaine Chircop

Date: 10/24/2013 5:50:00 AM

Wow..I love the topic you ve chosen 'Through reflection'.I can feel the sentiments transmitted through reflection..Awesome!!!

Sandra Adams
Date: 10/24/2013 11:46:00 AM

Thank you...other's always see my mother in me...she passed not much older than i am now and sometimes i like being compared to her (she was beautiful) yet other times it bothers me becuase she was not the best mother to me....hugs :)

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 10/24/2013 5:34:00 AM

- Oh .... gives me a lump in the throat .... this is touching and beautiful Sandra ! - Luck in contest!!!! - oxox // Anne-Lise :)

Sandra Adams
Date: 10/24/2013 11:44:00 AM

thank you Anne-Lise...it was my first ghazal, so had thought long and hard! hugs :)

Dr.Ram Mehta

Date: 10/23/2013 9:49:00 PM

Nice feelings of yearning and love expressed in these fine couplets, Sandra

Sandra Adams
Date: 10/24/2013 11:42:00 AM

thank you so much for your read and kind comment :)