shiny glass li(v)es

PilateOfTheStorm
PilateOfTheStorm Posts: 4,319
edited June 2011 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
Look up into the mirror,
The mirror that you picked out.
So excited and enchanted. Proud on the wall.
The slate of reflective glass,
Shaped into an oval. Almost a circle.
But not quite there.

Just like you.

You can't imagine how it would feel.
You still feel exactly how you imagined.
Words, faces, lives move around you.
They are a blur, merging into a big giant mess.
A mess that stinks up your thoughts, festering.
But you've already cleaned that up, right?

Slaving away at the dirt in your mind,
You said you wanted to leave this behind.
Sigh. It happens again. Inevitable repetition.
But always with a twist. A slight difference,
The cycle more like an oval. Almost a circle.
Almost. Circle. Almost. There...


You're sure you have done this before.
Your feet have quietly walked these hallways
And your dull eyes have stared into these windows.
Always hoping for something more, you pull
At the pathetic wallpaper, it peels, searching for...
What?


Yourself. You. Are you who you are? Is this
What you wanted? What you wished for?
The shiny glass, full of lies. Confidence, faith
Vitality glazed over in time. Identity. Frozen
Dreams see their reflection, handed the truth
They take flight, disappear.

Just like you...Almost there...
Almost a circle....Almost....

Look up into that mirror.The one you chose.
Or were forced to choose, it's all the same now.
Everything's the same.You tried, but nothing changed.
It's the taking part that counts, right?
Smash it, if you must. Tears fall, anger takes control.
Shards of glass, tiny glistening spears aim at your heart.
Smile when they miss. Feel as though you've won, this time.
But who knows?

Maybe you've always been walking around with a wounded soul.
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  • pepper
    pepper Posts: 155
    PilateOfTheStorm wrote:
    Smile when they miss. Feel as though you've won, this time.
    But who knows?

    Ouch!

    I'm going to have to keep reading this one....... I love it when a poem does that to me! Thank you.
    Pepper- I am faith without religion, without bruised knees and pleas for forgiveness...
  • mysticweed
    mysticweed Posts: 3,710
    wounded soul

    fuck


    awesome beyond your years
    awesome beyond time
    fuck 'em if they can't take a joke

    "what a long, strange trip it's been"
  • rollings
    rollings unknown Posts: 7,127
    Wow

    That all is something else

    and very good
  • PilateOfTheStorm
    PilateOfTheStorm Posts: 4,319
    thanks so much
    it's one of the most personal ones i've written yet, so your kind words are much appreciated
  • acrossssSsssshittt
    acrossssSsssshittt Posts: 1,014
    PilateOfTheStorm wrote:

    Yourself. You. Are you who you are? Is this
    What you wanted? What you wished for?
    ...
    Smash it, if you must. .

    rock solid questions... and I'll make that the answer..

    very cool
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    wow !! XLNT !

    Godfather.
  • PilateOfTheStorm
    PilateOfTheStorm Posts: 4,319
    thank you all for the praise, i felt like this was too convoluted and full of words when i first wrote it.
    but i decided to put my "Perfectionist" nature aside (my teacher says it always sabotages me and prevents me from getting anything done, apparently)

    thanks again, it means a lot
  • acrossssSsssshittt
    acrossssSsssshittt Posts: 1,014
    yeah there are a lot of words here...but when they mean something that can make for the heaviest stuff... and this is heavy ... and that's cool ...I think
  • PilateOfTheStorm
    PilateOfTheStorm Posts: 4,319
    acrosssSssshit wrote:
    yeah there are a lot of words here...but when they mean something that can make for the heaviest stuff... and this is heavy ... and that's cool ...I think

    thanks :)

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