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12/17 Poem of the Month

                                             Mirror

 

Caution: objects in the mirror may be sadder than they appear…

It is only a reflection in the glass that is before me,

I grope for answers when I think of my life…

What is really below the surface?

Why do I always feel a sense of loss; a sense of uneasy rhythms?

I stare into the looking glass and sometimes all I see is a stranger,

I always knew what I wanted to be, my reflection seems distorted,

The years have passed by, the goals mostly missed…

Does this not make me a stranger as to aspirations?

If I started with a purpose only to fall short who have I become?

Caution: objects in the mirror may be sadder than they appear…

I remember my heart; that is not in the mirror,

I have been told that this is how to measure a man…

Is the heart pure? Does it love deeply?

Does it cherish life? Will it sacrifice?

Will it obey the Creator?

The Creator has His own mirror; he welcomes us to gaze upon it…

Each day will welcome needed change,

Until…

Sadness is gone forever…

 

© Joseph James 11- 8-08
      from 'White Night' (available at Amazon and other booksellers)