Angst Mirror Poems

"As you live Deeper in the Heart, the Mirror gets clearer and cleaner"
Rumi

I can get as close as I like
You wouldn't, couldn't back away
Though I'll...

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"One day, . . . I saw the sunset forty-four times! . . . You know—one loves the sunset, when one is so sad."
 Quote...

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gilt
but of intricacy
of a mirror’s frame
guilt
shown an ember in me
am I not the reflection’s heel
am I not intrinsic
   asked, though eschewed
you judge me...

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sometimes I feel like a two way mirror,
people look at me and I look at them,
with that hint of recognition,
do I know you, my friend?
And...

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It's a blotched pass
For the glass to
Go back one time....

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What's this reflection?

Sad mockery of a younger, better man's dreams.
One hand with a choke-hold on easy prosperity.
The other splayed out - each finger scraping for...

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Written: September 08, 2023
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In a realm where reason goes astray,
Where nonexistent boundaries sway,
Lines avoided, boundaries blurred,
Mirrors reflect a world absurd.

A soul that has sight beyond...

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reconstruction

recalling  much less than half i wrote 
though long ago and miles remote 
i remember when 
an old black  man 
walks out from...

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I strip in the solitude of my room.
the mirror reflects secrets that I keep.
All the silent screams of my faint life’s doom,
visible unhealed scars ...

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A stranger's haunting gaze
I noticed their eyes question my presence
They ruminate
I'll show them my wave
Where have I taken me?
Thoughts upon another within an uncomfortable procedure
Breaking...

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when beggars no longer knock
on the window of our car
at the traffic signal
they’ve judged
our apathy
whilst we dwell
in our comfort zone 
oblivious to our demeanour 
reflected...

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Mirror, Mirror, answers I need.
What are the options I should heed?
My gray hairs are getting clearer?
Answers I need, Mirror, Mirror.

Face, I see your foes advancing
between...

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Reflection


People always tell me that I look alright,
That my visage is a very pleasant sight,
But why, then, when I look at my reflection,
Do I only...

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As the mirror photographs eyes, 
Tongues running laps read glazed signs,
Broken phone calls your label
Talking fire cuts fixed cable,
Voices piling in rooms behind. 

Snapshotting darkness...

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Our parental will has been broken
The dreams we had for our children are lost
We had the best of intentions 
Now we’re incurring the cost

It happens...

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