Sad Mirror Poems

"When Silence Speaks" poetry contest.
Sponsor: Craig Cornish 
2nd Place. 
Date Submitted: 07/05/2024


the air conditioner soothing my heated skin
fire brick curtains with their red dyed orange...

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In the dimly lit corners of her existence,
She lingered, a ghost in the midst of persistence.
From the womb, she was marked, a black sheep born,
Destined...

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My arms are moist, uncomfortably.

Standing in the humidity of a tiny bathroom after an overdue shower. 

Heat hovers disgustingly around my squeegeed sack; a pink...

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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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In shadows deep, where childhood fears reside,
A father's wrath, a son's tormented life,
A torrent of abuse, a soul's despair,
A question lingers, heavy in the putrid...

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Have I really been working on myself or did I just change from my work clothes to something more comfortable
Is this depression or is it...

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No one can help me,
or even hear my plea.
My sanity is a ship,
and my mind is the sea.
You've ruined me,
you've made me insane.
I'll scream until...

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Before now, I saw you my reaper, the mirror of me
Spitting insolent bile any time I'd spend a penny or three
Simultaneously scrutinising every crooked line...

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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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I am short and sweet
Read quickly before I leave
Haiku is my name...

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Under the seamless sapphire dome overturned,
sprinkling the sparkle of my resplendent sky, 
my mind morphs momentarily 
into an ornate expanse of a blooming garden.

I feel...

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She dances she glances,                     ...

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Mirror Mirror  on the wall
I can see it all
The past trauma I leave with you will make you fall
Her past is really if only...

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Do we break the mirror of life,                  ...

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dropped my mirror 
   yesterday
fractured me   across the floor
so many   many
   dismayed mes   looking up...

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