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 Post subject: The Mirror
PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 7:07 pm 
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'Don't fetch the mirror.
No, don't touch!'

She will not look,
She's lost too much.

Her face;
That once upon a time,
Was all reflected, always fine;
Has changed;
And time, a jealous thing,
Has wrinkles ploughed into her skin.

Her once bright beauty's lost beneath,
Her faded, powdered, puckered cheek.

And bitterness has gripped her brow,
No laughter lines, just fish mouth now.

A fortune spent, to no avail,
Her face it tells a sorry tale.

Regardless of their creams and lies
A sagging hangs around her eyes,
And even knives could not defend,
From botox scars, for in the end,
This mirror tells a bitter truth...
Old age has clearly stolen youth.

Far better had she faced the fact,
That being eighteen would not last,
And focused on the her inside,
The soul her vanity denied.

Perhaps instead of fear and doubt,
Her spirit would have shouted out,
And made the most of what she'd got...

Instead of leaving hope to rot.

Perhaps she would have seen the truth.
There's more to life than craving youth.


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 Post subject: Re: The Mirror
PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 7:13 pm 
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Love it!

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, in my opinion :D


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 Post subject: Re: The Mirror
PostPosted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 11:56 am 
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Nice one. Enjoyed it! :D


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 Post subject: Re: The Mirror
PostPosted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 12:18 pm 
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That poem is breathtakingly beautiful!

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 Post subject: Re: The Mirror
PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 4:54 am 
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I liked it too Elvira. Thanks for the read. Glad to see you are still here with us! :D


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 Post subject: Re: The Mirror
PostPosted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 10:13 pm 
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I like this a lot! I cannot empathise, though. Us ogres have faces like dried prunes right from the off! :mrgreen:


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 Post subject: Re: The Mirror
PostPosted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 1:49 am 
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Love it and Elvira is back again! And Hogstance Bilgecrack. Just like old times.


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