Time Mirror Poems

handing me over through the next 
door waiting for my fight to give in

injections to soothe it all away
demons flowing through my veins
changing my DNA
from...

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Written: April 25, 2024, For Sara Kendrick Mirror Contest

Rumi Quote 4: " The pure heart is a spotless mirror in which images of 
 ...

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“As you live deeper in the heart,
the mirror gets clearer and cleaner” ~ Rumi


what does it mean to live in the heart
the centre wherefrom soft...

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"As you look deeper in the heart
the mirror gets clearer and cleaner...Rumi"


The mirror of my mind,
reflects the years of my heart
leaving my face a wilderness...

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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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Come and touch the mirror of my soul before I grow old; come and touch the mirror of my soul before the sun goes down...

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10 years ago when I looked in the mirror I remember being appalled at what I saw.
I remember thinking…all those wrinkles, lines and bags…
Why, there...

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“Darkness does embalm;
All things, getting calm,
Produce an eerie feeling;
Can it serve with a healing?”

“Aye, aye, sure, sure!
Such feelings do us lure,
To approach its end.”
“Can we...

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In the mirror, one day, the stranger will stand and you will gaze long,
The shadow of what was, shall fade into the unknown to be.
You...

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And there you sit -
contemplating a word,
the other one wrote
that you read,
that they - 
had the courage
to throw 
into the ring

the choice to take 
one’s...

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If January was a person,
they would be a force of nature.
Relentless and unforgiving,
but also, beautiful and full of life.

January would be the type of person
who...

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When your heart 
corresponds 
with your mind,
then, give it a shot,
you write 
back to me

what expressions 
you so badly 
need 
to bleed;

the characterisation 
of letters...

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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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Have you ever pondered
shadows are made of 
softness, they are not 
hard surfaced like 
those of us existing 
outside of the white noise

unable to grasp...

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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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