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Mirroring
Tears
Gouging twin streams
Down my face
And also, hers
Drowned
in miscarried
Screams
My feet
inch
forward
And also, hers
But countless more inches still span
the yawning gap
Between her
and
Me…
My eyes whisper: “Who are you?”
Her gaze breathes back: “Who are you?”
A murky twilight
Never visited by sunrise
A tempest of echoes
Each an expectant question
A black hole
Ravenous
For assurance
Slip on my mask
Pull it up high
Conceal the skin beneath my eyes
Stained with her shadow
Mechanically, I lather on a wide smile
When I look up
Her face appears identical
The same gaping gash
Hold on
We plead with each other
Just a little bit longer
Until I can shatter this mirror
And then
We’ll be free
Fragments of sunshine
Mirroring our release
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Technically, the perception of a poem depends on the experiences of the reader, so please don't let my ideas behind the creation of this poem limit your interpretations.
Through this piece, I wanted to help all my readers realize that sometimes, the only obstacle standing between you and success is YOU. How many times have you thought "OMG I'm so scared" or "someone else is so much better than me" or "there's no way I can get this right" before you've even attempted something? We can all push ourselves to a whole new level, if we free ourselves from the mirror of our insecurities and step out confidently into the sunshine. It is certainly difficult, but we should all try to rediscover ourselves, instead of being mere trapped reflections of what we could potentially be.