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POEM STARTER
Submitted by Maranda Quinn
Mirrors of the Mind
Write a poem in any style or genre with this title in mind.
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Mirrors in my mind
Thoughts lie in this vast expanse
More than reflections at first glance
Through the looking glass we see
The depths of our own mystery
In our minds the mirror shimmers and gleams
Revealing the essence of who we really seem
Memories dance in a mirrored hall
Some stand tall while others fall
Reflections twist in a maze of light
Revealing secrets in the quiet of night
Holding th...
The mirror of my mind wants to reflect
It wants to see my past with a clean surface
My future with a beautiful big shine
And my present to be **_defined
_**
The mirror of mind sometimes haunts me
It could help me but can break me
It shows the real me but sometimes disguises as someone else
It creates fuss, (unsolved)
But it also cleans, (beautifully evolved)
It shapes my way to think
The way...
Mirrors of my mind tugging on my existence grasping my joy as it inject poison into my veins .
As anxiety beats me up inside leaving me no place to hide . But nobody see the battles inside.
The mirrors still seem unclear , but I still cry in terror . Maybe it’s just try and error .
But still I cry these tears wishing to disappear hoping someone will interfere , Before I become a souvenir of de...
glass walls surround my thoughts
all jumbled up in my head
waiting to burst out
I’m only alive until I’m dead
I just need to hold it in
a little bit longer
I don’t care if I lose or win
I just need to be a bit stronger
but everyday it gets harder
to keep it all inside
plaster on a smile, I’m no martyr
I’ve lied and I’ve cried
and nobody knows
I overthink a lot
insecure about my mouth, my nose
comp...
I stare at her with
hatred and disgust in my eyes.
her face is oily and full of pimples,
her arms are too long,
her stomach protrudes,
her thighs aren’t right,
her hair is always a mess.
I just want to scream and punch her
but i can’t,
or else the mirror would shatter
into a million pieces....
my mind is not a peaceful place
broken glass and crumbled walls
past arguments
and spoken slurs
echo down my marble halls
stress and red
lace the ceilings
fragile portraits
capture my feelings
I hate my guts
and my friend dressed in pink
i love my clothes
but i’m not what you’d think
sometimes i go days
without thinking to eat
but it’s alright
things are always changing
and in my reflection...
The way you organise your desk, your outfit, gestures, expressions, word choices, grammar, car, house, even the way you tie your laces, it’s all a mirror to your mind, and I use that, I use it to learn your darkest secrets, but I don’t use them. I like to think of it as omniscience, I know everything about everyone I know, but I do use it for bad, or for good, I just have it, my own private displa...
Mirrors of the mind
Some dim
Unkind
Multi-toned
Reflection echos
Ever on into eternity
When You look at me
Do you see?
A reflection of peace and beauty
My mirrors need aligned
One breath
One day at a time
Some have cracks
Streaks and scratches
Yet somewhere
tucked in behind
There’s a little man
Who miraculously rewinds
He straightens the mirror
Replaces the glass
It’s quite the task
Yet...
Based on the ‘miss may I’ song of the same name.
…
I watched my better,
Fall away into shards of glass.
My mind turned to a fetter,
‘You will not be free and pass’
I gazed into the mirror,
My head had fucked up.
These eyes, stones of a sinner,
Their glare like a burnt sun.
These broken slivers,
Reflecting my facets.
I will make them believers,
And escape these mindsets.
Holding these pieces,
...
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