Clarion of Clarity

by michaelcahill

Clarion of Clarity

Mystical mirror
such a cruel crime
                you dare smugly reflect me?
                                I breathe and toil
while you hang there without effort

my fist should awaken a response
your fist
                just as quick
                                but mine is deadly
                you shatter


even as I smirk in victory
                                I see my defeat
                                                in bloody shards
                                                                airborne—a moment of joy
                                falling and then fallen

                I stomp you without sense
                                my bare feet bloody and sore
                but my portrait sparkles now
                                                is it wisdom that shimmers?
                                in the random geometry of my demise

I wall us in and banish light
                what will you do without it?


loneliness wins in the end


                                                I light a candle…

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Mirror contest writing prompt entry

Writing Prompt
Write a poem concerning you, or someone, and a mirror. Make it humerous or serious; make it structured or free verse, but keep it brief. Use the mirror as a metaphor in anyway you desire.

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Clarion of Clarity

by michaelcahill

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