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In the Mirror
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All of my life

I’ve been praised

For the beauty

Of my eyes,

But seldom

Has there been

Any praise

For any other quality

Or feature.

In fact,

Much energy

Has been spent

By those who professed

To love me

On convincing me

That I have little to offer

Any man

Worth having,

And because no one stepped forward

To declare otherwise

I have long bought

Into the abuse.

But, you know,

I’ve grown tired

Of hearing those words

Echo through my mind

Every time I look

In the mirror,

I’ve grown weary

Of only being able

To focus on my faults.

Surely there is more to me

Than I have been led

To believe.

Surely I can learn

To appreciate

All that makes me, me.

Where do I start?

Perhaps I will start

By taking another long, long look

In the mirror.

 

 


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 Reviews of "In the Mirror"
Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on June 27, 2013
I like that song line… “If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with.” In this case, the one you are with may be you. I know, having lived alone for over 30 years, that unless you like who you are and are unwilling to change, then you must love yourself. Once you do that and getting on with what you love, you may be surprised that someone will be there, right alongside you.

On the other hand, I'm a twin, and both my twin brother and I got a fair share of good genes. However, I had a secretary once, who was also a twin, she told me that her twin sister got all the good stuff, and she got the leftovers. I won't go into what she saw in the mirror, but I will say that she went to extreme lengths to change the way she looked, including surgery, her hair, her eyes, her teeth, and even some body reshaping (drastic surgery). I don't know if she was happy or not after all that because I left the company. But if she gained just one iota of self-respect from it, all that work may have been worth it.

Ron

Reviewed by Budd Nelson
Reviewed on June 27, 2013
unfortunately the mirror is only a reflection of what is seen outwardly, true beauty and worth come from the inside...put your view there and you will find all that they said is wrong
budd


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