A man’s life reflected in a stained and shattered mirror.

Mirror, Mirror

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Mirror, Mirror stained and shattered
A true but dumb witness
To the ruins of my life, battered 
By stained and shattered happiness.

My broken heart faces a blank door
Pieces of it smashed against the cold floor
Sorrows, a fiery catalyst that shake off its color
Stoic am I, and no more…

Mirror, Mirror, a watchman all the way
As I endure what night will bring
And the pain that greets a bleak day
And the torture that comes in the morning.

As the sun rises
And my dreams slip away
The day now almost filled with nothingness
Because I know I have lost you, that I have to pay.

Love has been lost and is now gone
The hope that was there
is now forever gone
like she never was, like she never were.

The memories pierced deep into my heart
I am already an empty shell
To remember, a medicine that hurts
To forget would cause me to die as well.

Mirror, Mirror, my life now lost its toughness
My dead eyes reflect my heart’s sadness
The feeling of pain gone, the feeling of nothingness takes its place
Now, I subside into the feeling of numbness.

But as I look at the stained and shattered mirror
I let the pain wash over me like waves
And see a glimmer of hope on the blank door
Now, I holding myself together, and my broken heart is now awake.

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Comments (18)
  • miraj on Aug 29, 2009

    That is so heart-wrenching papaleng,you\’ve taken a grand metaphor and carried it all the way with flare.excellent work.

  • CHAN LEE PENG on Aug 29, 2009

    Great piece, my friend! A smooth idea to express your feeling, have my like it.

  • Ramalingam on Aug 29, 2009

    Very nice.Your poem flows like a perenniel river and there is no sign of any dearth of ideas.Thanks for sharing.

  • Goodselfme on Aug 29, 2009

    Beautifully said with well chosen words to convey such deep feelings. TX

  • Joni Keith on Aug 29, 2009

    Wow, this is exceptional, papaleng. My favorite line:

    “To remember, a medicine that hurts
    To forget would cause me to die as well”.

    You’ve described the pain of lost love beautifully.

    Joni

  • Lady Sunshine on Aug 29, 2009

    Pulls at the heart strings…

  • MMV Abad on Aug 29, 2009

    Feelings of disappointment in verses so beautiful and heart-felt.

  • PR Mace on Aug 29, 2009

    A profound piece of art. Well, well done. It pulls at your heart.

  • rutherfranc on Aug 29, 2009

    sounded like you`re really shattered.. nice one papaleng..

  • nobert soloria bermosa on Aug 29, 2009

    sorrowful but still full of hope,beautifully done bro

  • Monica Sappleton on Aug 29, 2009

    Ouch! Lost love really hurts, and you have expressed it excellently here. A great piece papaleng.
    Monica.

  • wanjiku on Aug 29, 2009

    Interesting lamentations of lost love.

  • Jamie Myles on Aug 30, 2009

    Very powerful and beautifully done. Ilike it.

  • giftarist on Aug 30, 2009

    Poignant..Well done papaleng, your words flow smoothly

  • Juancav on Aug 30, 2009

    Painful and hopeful poem.

  • lindalulu on Aug 30, 2009

    Nice poem filled with so much pain but also a glimmer of hope…

  • Yovita Siswati on Aug 31, 2009

    deep and beautiful.

  • Elizabeth Abbott on Aug 31, 2009

    This pain, killing. Everlasting the beauty of knowing…….

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