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[Tha-Emissary]

I like the title and it fits the message like a perfect frame. I think the poem shows how we can become so busy that we can not know ourselves for just trying to make a living. I think it's good to stand in the mirror for a few seconds because it one of the few times that we can say Hi to ourselves. Vice Versa we sometimes need to stand away from the mirror because we can get caught up! Be too close to the mirror and never picture what God sees in us. I enjoyed your beautiful poem all around.

[butchiesmom]

The Following Text Is Quoted:

Originally Posted by Sally Roberts

She stands before
the looking glass
Her own reflection there,
Eyes so empty
brown and dark
Cornrows entwined her hair.

Forgotten memories
of her past,
To think of thoughts escape her,
Behind the face
forever lost
Reflections of a stranger.

I was going to just quote the last three lines. Then I read it again. There's no way I can quote any part of this poem without the rest of it! It's like sitting at a table, with the place settings there, without the food! (can you tell it's close to dinner time?)

I could see it all, the woman in front of the mirror, not really seeing what's there, lost in memories. ...Empty eyes...speak so much! I've been there. I've looked in the mirror and wondered where the woman everyone described to me was. It's a haunting memory I will never lose.

hugs,
Gail