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Stranger in the Mirror
February 1, 2010
There's a stranger
in the mirror.
She looks at me,
seems to sigh.
Eyes that seem to have given up.
Pale skin that will break
and let a river of sadness gush
masochistically out.
Do I know her?
Is this me?
It can't be;
I am not this dark.
Not that hopeless,
God-forgotten.
Dead.
There's a stranger
in the mirror.
She pleads to me,
her mouth shut.
Lips that haven't smiled in years.
Dried tears that form a path
of stepping stones in a yard
overgrown with pain.
Do I know her?
Is this me?
It can't be;
I am not this empty.
Not that cold,
desperate.
Dead.
Yet it is a mirror.
And mirrors do not lie.
© Rebecca S., Coventry, RI
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