And Still I laugh At My Reflection

  Didn't die, No rebirth.

Didn't regurgitate, No laughter.

No pain remains, now left with sorrow.

Bright day, soft night, now end, no light.

  My brilliance is my demise, though I realize the truth.

Left everything behind to rebuild myself anew.

                                        No change, just the same.

  Turned around to walk the no such social path.

To take a long lasting look at such a laughing cow.

                                               Social Pariah Indeed.

  No vanity, didn't see the mirror.

No running, didn't see the fight.

Didn't realize the empathy for the week.

Muted sun, harsh day, now begin, dark blooms.

  My insanity is the ignorance of my youth, though that lasts not either.

Everything is as different as it should be, though I cannot figure why.

 

                                          Changed All, Frightened. 

  Turned back to what I used to know yet still it is unfamiliar.

Somehow though, comfort comes in stranger faces.

                               VAGABOND! Screams the masses.

  Grace their stares with a singular continence, slapped against the rigors of the coming day.

Left with all and good intentions but felt the sting of their judgement in the fading haze. 

                               And still I laugh at my reflection.

Reviews

[CHRIS ANDES]

I can relate a lot of things in it coz
the emotions seems so familiar to what I've been through
...i love the tragedy in it
=]

[Octob3r Star]

Grade A writing. Complete with technique and devotion. As a reader, I can really feel what you're writing. In all levels of intensity. Dark or otherwise. Thanks for the write. Cheers.

[Rowan Storm]

I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!! VERY DARK. VERY SURREAL. GREATNESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sorry. I really, really, really, like it.

[Ripple of Aqua]

This had a great flow to it, and I loved how it seems you were talking to yourself, an inner monologue perhaps. It has great appeal in style.

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

Here I truly see you and the man I know......intelligent and so full of depth. Awesome, awesome piece.

[KATHY SUE SILLS]

Awesome imagery and it flows smooth like silk!