Saturday 4 June 2011

ass/u/me

you are NOT me
you said. rightly so.
I assumed it all
looking in the mirrored image
inverted it is, I forgot.
the end is so numbing

I don't feel pain anymore

27 comments:

  1. Teens suck sometimes. I love the line "mirrored image inverted" perfectly worded.

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  2. Hmm. You must be in your teens...

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  3. This one hurts. Conflict is never easy to describe, but your description of the inverted image nailed it! Thanks for this one.

    Namaste..........cj

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  4. Self evaluation here? ~Ames

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  5. Mirrors invert, providing us with a distorted image of ourselves.

    But who are we, if we are not what we see as our reflection?

    Awfully deep thoughts for a Saturday morning!

    Great job!

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  6. Wow, this is excellent, painful and thought provoking...the imagery is illuminating !

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  7. I'm in my forties and sometimes feel like a teen, should take the one vowel out and think like a ten instead. Thought provoking post.

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  8. This one hits hard.

    Nice job.

    =)

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  9. Powerful poem, Gautami.

    Pamela

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  10. oh dear...this one hit really close to home. Wonderful!

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  11. A stunning post!So much emotion in so few words!

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  12. This is so you and I like the new look!

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  13. Those two last lines are especially profound. Your writing amazes me.

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  14. Well done Sunday 160. Sometimes that reflection can seem a stranger. Thanks for playing.

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  15. Wonderfully poignant. If only moments like these were rare, not frequent, they might be a little easier to swallow...

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  16. made me think you kids who often mirror us in many way yet inverted fits at times as well...

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  17. so thought provoking ...

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  18. Ouch! I don't like that mirror, but your words are perfect!

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  19. Even reflections seem strangers at times, don't they? Wonderfully worded!

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  20. Yeah...
    In my mind I'm 25.
    But the mirror tells me different!

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  21. Wow, this was very deep. Wonderful job as always!

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  22. I love this beautiful poem; even if I am not certain that I fully understand it.
    It could be about two people who are in conflict with one another. It could also be about a conflict between two sides of the same individual who see him or herself in the mirror. It could be a conflict between a teenaged child and his/her parent.
    It could also be an adult who remember him/herself as a younger person and has a similar conflict within that a parent could have with a child.
    Poetry should be a little vague.
    Great work!
    Best wishes,
    Anna
    Miss O'Hara's Last Words" SC wk 57

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  23. I remember hearing years ago that assume makes an ass out of you (u) and me. Very nice. Glad to see you are still writing.

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  24. I like imagery that we can each apply to our own situations. Your poem was wonderful in that allowed us each to do that.

    I really liked the sense of conveyance each carefully crafted word shared. Really great writing.

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