Passion Mirror Poems

The mirror reflects a lifetime etched upon my skin; a canvas of stories whispered through maturity. I stand before it, middle-aged and exposed, my nakedness...

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Devrais-je feindre l'ignorance pour cacher mes sentiments, 
Ou devrais-je vraiment m'en soucier, incapable de feindre? 
Tant de courage pour affronter l'inconnu, 
Pourtant muet devant elle,...

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Shadows in the Broken Mirror
In the endless shadow of the soul, where unfulfilled dreams take shelter,
Lies an unbounded love, the destiny of a beloved in...

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Felt you coming to take the breath right out of me
Replaced; with your soft essence reflectivity
You are my mirror of fire, my heart's twin flame
Had...

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mirrors turbulence of mind
documents dull daily chores,
poured feelings on blank canvas, 
friend we trust as true .

closest buddy in childhood,
confidant in teenage years,
my excitement, my...

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I took a good look
In the mirror yesterday
While I gazed into the eyes
Of my younger self
With delight, seeing my face
Filled with fire, passion, and 
Hunger...

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Picture on the wall 
Opposite it was myself
At silver mirror....

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For the maneuvered inducement of compulsive being,
the transmuting tenet of uniqueness, 
the personified indented identity,
changes in the self-devised palette of color mélange,
while the conjured chameleon...

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I
through the looking glass
suspended in space.
caught in a daydream
blurred by destiny’s tears 
II
a personal portrait
a painting of passion
pulsating with a manicured 
imagined fantasy
III
painterly hues splashed...

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in a world of chaos and disparity
i but strive for order, peace and serenity
and prefer not to put words to how i feel
i'm not one...

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 Was privileged to have sedentary on the seashore in seraphic poetic submersion;
 the ringing sounds from the distant horizon made me entirely lost in...

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Gym exuberance of inflated expectations,
          a zone of grunt and sweat
I curl my way to fifty...

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Waves
swing your wings 
in the rhymes
of a longing song.

Water’s mirror
splashes you with
silvery kisses
when your wings
become a vessel 
in the wind....

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Words drained, blood empty. 
Liquid poets imploded, 
Poured and stained upon each page,  
Given to the superficial sacrifice of meaning.
There is no truth 
Which...

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SELF REFLECTIONS

These are poems about mirrors, images, self-image, reflections, impressions and self-reflection. 

Self Reflection
by Michael R. Burch 

for anyone struggling with self-image

She has a comely...

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