Seeingseeing Posted on December 24, 2016December 24, 2016 by wpadmin lies in the mirror not what we truly are but what we wish to be – leafless- reflections in the watery sky Posted in Age, Broken, Cold, Concepts, Dream, Forest, Life, Light, Seasons, Shadow, Sky, Water, Winter and tagged Seeing.
Bags and wrinkled skin, bloodshot eyes, black cratered pores. Mirrors!…….Such liars. Long hours, late nights. Resolution for today….. Avoid all mirrors. Later, in the bar clothing myself in dog hairs, the glass looks half full. “Not bad for 40,” said the preening reflection, “One more for the road.”
Bags and wrinkled skin,
bloodshot eyes, black cratered pores.
Mirrors!…….Such liars.
Long hours, late nights.
Resolution for today…..
Avoid all mirrors.
Later, in the bar
clothing myself in dog hairs,
the glass looks half full.
“Not bad for 40,”
said the preening reflection,
“One more for the road.”