Image in a Mirror!

I always use a mirror when I look at myself even if there is none. Reflecting on my life and my choices and understanding, or at least trying to, the person I have become.

No Reflection by Nofixer on DeviantArt

Image in a Mirror!

Words get lost
in the echoing
heart wrenching
cries.
You desperately
try to ignore
as they seep
into your soul.
There,
before you.
Nothing
is to be seen
but that
of a selfish beast.
Sleep deprived,
blood red
eyes,
darkened and gloomy.
Stare at a reflection
of a stranger.
Trail of tears
disgusted,
about the reality
shown.
Washing away
the lies and deceit.
Ruffled and clawed
by nails
scars unfold.
Unmasked.
Plagued
by defeat
he’s what you
have become.
And swore never to be.
The image in a mirror.

©Ranting Crow2014-’16

There is more to this piece I wrote, but that might just be each to their own. It was written to help me understand myself a little better and see if I was able to shed a light on my choices.

Thought of the day! April 09, 2015

Just some reflection time for you.

Self-reflection is a sign of growth!

To take the time to look at yourself, one sees change and is ready to make change for the better. Take some time to look deep into your own heart and learn from what you find.

Distorted Mirror!

Part of  a series of poems about oneself looking in a mirror. This is the fourth, after “Cracked Self”,  “Mirroring Self” and “The Real Me”. The distorted ways one can see themselves is and can be disturbing.

Other side of the Mirror by Iskander1989

Distorted Mirror

Are you real
the person I see
why is the view
different for me

to watch you
smiling
and giving me
a wink

Are you even
showing
the real me.

There’s a cavity
where once
was a heart
Only broken
or torn apart

Believing I don’t
show me what’s true
I hate being me
tell me I’m you

Full of confidence
you left me behind
the past forgotten
a future to find

Who is this man
that I now see
mended pieces
looking like me

to watch you
smiling
and giving me
a wink

Life isn’t over
I was but a fool
giving into torture
of the deranged self
both wicked and cruel

©Ranting Crow2014

May the read have shed a light and been to your liking.