Mirror

It's not me in the Past

Whoever shows me the mirror
I wonder is it me! I am looking at
but not me a few years back,
not me a few months back,
not me a few days back,
not me a few hours back,
not me a few minutes back,
its me looking back, now
until I close my eyes forever
Falling down from hand, too strong
breaking into tiny pieces
scattering all around
for someone to collect
Finally, to throw into waste bin.

Reviews

[1809 Black Plague Decem..]

hellos, Arundass TP, I love your poem: Mirror,
it tells me how it's hard to look at a mirror,
mirrors are distortion of oneself, in my sense,
I hardly see myself, and when I take a glance,
I don't know if its me, but it's all in ill-humor. :) great write! ----Maynard,
p.s. I take pics, and I hate them, LOL it's just another illusion of a mirror. :P

[Arundass TP]

Thank you for your review, friend

[1809 Black Plague December]

most welcome, Dear, :D

[andrew mitchell]

Yes a mirror although reflective at any given time, can only reflect the now. Thought pro write. Nice work.

[Arundass TP]

Thank you friend 😊

[Farjana Chaity]

Your words reflect deep self-thought, change with time, and how life can be fleeting.

[Arundass TP]

Thank you friend 😊

[emmajoygreen]

Will you try something please? Cover half your face with your hand or piece of cardboard, from the centre of your nose to your ear. Study what you see reflected in the mirror for as long you feel you must, but keeping your face still. That done, repeat the same with the other side of your face, repeating the same process. Remember what you can. There are proved studies that both sides of a face vary. Hold onto that too. Think of the light - natural or otherwise in the room. Think of the colour of the walls. Gather all the resulting facts you have gathered in say ten minutes and.. althought you might not have wanted such a review as this, it might answer one or two of your thoughts! Boring or not. Forgive me!

[Arundass TP]

Thanks friend 😊

[emmajoygreen]

Thanks for calling me friend after boring you to whatever!

[Arundass TP]

Nothing is boring in this world. Every thing has its own color and quality. Our inner core makes something boring or not. Have a nice day friends ☺️

[FGFRANKLIN]

I enjoyed reading this thought invoking piece. I believe a man is made up of all that he is; past, present and future. He cannot separate himself from his actions anymore that he can separate himself from his heart. Hearts can change and people can change but all change begins from within with humility and patience, learning and understanding. We can grow but we remain the same species with the same roots. Unlike the river we can change our individual course but eventually, all rivers run to the sea. Shakespeare urged that we "admit impediments" in one of his sonnets. We must recognize our fragility and failures as places to grow from and learn that even fragile things can be capable of amazing feats and wonders. You are smarter than you think, stronger than you feel and more durable and enduring than you suspect. Be the dandelion pushing its way through concrete or the dragonfly wing carrying its owner over the distance of oceans. A mirror can only reveal what is. But our character, tenacity, integrity, hope, faith, courage and love can give us a premonition of what, with work and time, can be.

[Arundass TP]

Thank you friend for reviewing my work

[JessyJacob]

Jacob/Arun, had mentioned correctly about the mirror when we look at ourself we should and realize our own mistakes, in a way that you correct them but not put ourselves into trash thinking that we are bad and no worth, then what is the use of mirror. It’s a meditation- Darpan. To realize and change ourselves. When you have done mistakes you should have guts to watch it. Else either you are coward or suppressing your heart not to see your innermost. Everyone is not so beautiful as god made some defect even a aIshwara is not so beautiful for her slim body. We have to enjoy our beauty right from baby born to death every year beauty rises and wanes away, we should have guts and the beautiful heart to enjoy our own beauty. If we just focus on good parts what is the use, nobody is youth forever god made this physical body a temporary medium so that you can change bodies.

For me I love to see mirror, when I had first time did the meditation-Darpan, I was laughing and never realized hardly any bad thing which I was embarrassed 🙈 for, I felt clear and softer, and the teacher who taught me he said, he was crying so badly that he felt bad about himself that he was wrong. I am not proud but I want to say that I haven’t not done anything wrong but I too did few things wrong like slapping my son when he was 3 yrs old where kid from birth to 7 yrs should be treated royally. I really felt bad about me. From then never I hurted again. I do realize for hurting few people but I feel sorry to them and apologize them by then when I realize my mistake.

I enjoyed myself looking at mirror though not a bit frequently watching, at every age or a decade I kept my pictures to see myself as when I get older to see a new angle of myself. I love taking pics of others and my selfies too.
As Neville said you should watch it boosts your confidence and looking at your self positivitely boosts moral values and body moments. You should start talking to yourself in mirror to see how you look when you are to others, because we imagine more than what we are actually, few does reverse, so you can see truly what you are if you record them. Podcasts are good ones to have, I am planning for that.

Mirror is the only thing in this world like others eyes a reflection that truly depicts ourselves don’t suppress it or don’t by shy or coward in looking at yourself.
Like beauty is in your beholder a mirror is similar way showing your beauty and also inadequacies of if you are.

Kindly I conclude, with no offense in anyway to anyone.

Regards,
Jessy Jacob. 😊.

[Arundass TP]

Thanks for reviewing friend 😊

[William Propsner]

Interesting conflict. Dramatizing life itself perhaps. I like it.

[Arundass TP]

Thank you friend 😊

[Chris Shaw]

Mirrors are no friends of women once they are past 40. They are brutally truthful. I make a point of not keeping company with them anymore. On the plus side, at least they don’t talk. I enjoyed the read Arundass.

Chris

[Arundass TP]

Thanks friend 😊

[jacob erin-cilberto]

for some, the mirror shatters and they just cannot put themselves back together...
too many shards representing too many mistakes...
And the waste bin is where we feel we belong.
j.

[Arundass TP]

Thanks friend

[Neville]

Don't you just love mirrors .. I know I do .. They are like a good friend, they see so much but never let on .. Neville

[Arundass TP]

Thanks friend

[Neville]

my pleasure .. 👍