Reflection

by ilikepurple222   Jan 13, 2010


Faces stare as she walks past.
A broken girl showing none of the light she once had.
People begin to stop dead in their tracks to wonder,
"What could possibly have happened
to bring this little girl down so low?"
Down to the depths that a seemingly emotionless girl
would trip and fall in the midst of a crowd.
She was never one to show failure,
even when it was all she could feel.
Now she stuggles to find her way to a corner.
The familiar melody
plays like a tragedy in the background.
She runs from the ghosts.

One glance in the mirror
forces her to shatter the glass.
The reflection was someone she didn't recognize,
and a look of disgust appears across her face.
The blood travels down her bony arm,
and the nausea returns.
She rips off a piece of paper towel,
turns on the water from the sink,
and places it on the wound to calm the burning sensation on her hand.
Small shards of glass fall to the counter.
People stare.

He didn't care and left her feeling
more alone standing in a room full of strangers.
They wondered why she walked staring at the ground,
never knew it was only to keep her feet in sync
with the rest of her movements.
She fell often,
and her reflection she despised.

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  • 14 years ago

    by Karl Wild GG23

    This was done pretty well I just thought like "where are you taking me with this?" I wasn't sure at times where it was going. I understand its about losing yourself and not recognizing the face in the mirror anymore I just thought it was a bit dull. It was good but I know you have better in you 4/5

  • 14 years ago

    by Shinobi

    Either a good story, or nice lyrics for a song, both ways it's not a poem in my opinion. The stanzas were'nt alike, the lines were a mess, no rhymes whatsoever. The story is nice for itself, but there were no metaphores or any other poetical means. Liked the story though, for that I'll present 3/5

  • 14 years ago

    by reJoyce

    Wow that was really cool and it straight foward...the ending bit about the reflection and the concept is actually really original. and the nonoriginal concepts in it are depicted originally. reading the shattering of the mirror part was painful and i think that's what you were tryin to get across. noice.

  • 14 years ago

    by KJ

    Great job with this free flow poem. I adored the emotion you put into this piece. I have read a lot of your poems, and I believe that this is one of your best writes. Loved the fact that you kept it simple, yet said so much through the emotion. Dont change a thing. Loved it. 5/5.

    -KJ

  • 14 years ago

    by Rocky

    This is more poetic prose than true poetry. which i like. i find when people concentrate more on rythm,rhyme and form etc that there writing is pretty but meaningless. it lacks soul. but this poem had real meaning to it. i know i have often felt that this person i am is not me. i did find the last stanza slightly disjointed from the rest of the poem but that is probably just me. i really did like this piece anyway good job

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