Awoke this morning,
saw his old body
still upon the bed,
entered into it,
sat, swung his legs
over the edge
and stood up.
An aging man
looked back
from a mirror.
What happened?
Where is the boy
he expected to see?
The naked glass
reflects
the stark truth
of what remains.
Beware...
The deck of time
is cruelly stacked
against who
you like to think
you are.
- mce
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... who we like to think we are ... yeah, well - I've been really pissed off at the mirrors in my house for a while now. They're horrid liars.
ReplyDeleteMirrors can say how old you are, but they can't tell how alive you are, so - in a sense - you are right: they are horrid liars.
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