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My reflection
By pure_heartofmine
07 July 2006
i take pride in this piece because it is the only non-depression thing i have ever written, i believe. i also take pride in it because it IS who I am. enjoy. comment. critique. thanks!

Jillian

After all my days,
Of just lying around,
With nothing to do,
Yet no time to spare,
I looked at myself in the mirror.

What I saw was a broken figure,
Doomed to live in the shadows.

Who was I to challenge fate?
What’s happened... happened,
There’s nothing I can change.

But as I sat there,
Just staring at my reflection,
It changed.

I saw love and hope,
Peace and understanding,
I finally accepted myself for the way I was.

I wasn't a figure doomed to make the same mistake,
I was the person I was meant to be,
And I was meant to be me.

Lost in my reflection,
I saw a change in my expression,
A smile had creep onto my face.

I had finally started to do what I was meant to do,
I was learning to just live my life
And with that I left my reflection behind.

Reviews
Good and honest
Written by lordspudz (10 comments posted) 7th July 2006
Liked the way you turned this from the negative to the positive ending with the final assertion of turning your back on the past and the image it had created of you. 
Thought it was a brave piece. It's not easy admitting you are not what you want to be and even harder turning what you are into something better. 
Well done :)

Written by brook_rivers (486 comments posted) 7th July 2006
i think you could have broken this up into stanza's and improve on the form but the idea behind it works well and your writing flows nicely.  
 
brook
On a high note
Written by Leo (573 comments posted) 7th July 2006
like lordspudz i liked the change in tone. i thought it worked well. 
 
keep 'em coming!!

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