I've been thinking about some of the recent threads in the Lounge...

[Haole Girl]

..and I wrote this poem tonight.

It's for some of the women in the Lounge, who are going through difficult times,
and it's for me, too. :hug:


"The Mirror"

She sees her face in the mirror
In the morning light
A wrinkle never noticed before

How quickly the years go by
How difficult it seems to say good bye
To the way her smile could open doors
And the way it feels to be invisible
Much more difficult than before

She thinks of that hat of straw
And the glimpse in the mirror
she saw
with her face beet red
The garden was hot that day
And she laughed at twenty
At the image she saw
And hoped it would be quaint
Or respectable
Or easy
to age
She could not have been more wrong
if she’d been truly insane
And wonders why a person so
jaded
would still feel pain

She quickly washes her hands
Not even looking as she leaves
And knowing sooner or later
She’s going to have to believe
In herself and her strength

Searching deep down inside
she knows she has the will
to survive
She’s used it all along
Though carried by her beauty and smile

Now she truly finds out
what others warned her for years
And she knows she is able
It’s time to face her fears.

[Radio_Lady]

1. Beautiful, KC2. One tiny error...

Just fix the spelling of "beet" in the phrase on Line 12... unless you mean "beat" as in the Kerouac sense.

From Radio Lady Ellen (woman, wife, mother, stepmother, grandmother, stepgrandmother) and aging as gracefully as possible while sometimes shunning the mirror...

[Haole Girl]

2. Thank you!

Thank you for helping me with the spelling, too! I'm the world's worst speller!! :hi:

[SeattleGirl]

3. KC, that's beautiful.

:hug:

[Haole Girl]

4. Oh, thank you!

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. My dear KC2!

Wow, that's just beautiful...

And so true as well...

Thank you for your perceptiveness, sweetie...

:hug:

[Haole Girl]

6. Thank you, Peggy!

You helped inspire me to try to write poetry again. So, thank you! :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. I am so glad I inspired you!

You just never know where your influence will make a difference, do you?

You have a gift here...pursue it!

:hug:

[Haole Girl]

10. This is true

I hope, in my life, I've made a difference in at least a couple of lives (in a positive way!). Thank you again. :hug:

edit: Thank you for saying I have a gift. :hug:

[Madrone]

7. Wow.

Beautiful, sweet, and TALENTED too. Who knew?

Lovely poem. I'm impressed. :)

[Haole Girl]

8. Thank you!

Very kind of you to say that! :-)

[Rising Phoenix]

11. beautiful

it brought a tear to my eye....keep up the good work....

[Haole Girl]

12. Thank you very much

I hope it didn't make you sad. :hug:

[Rising Phoenix]

14. no it didn't

I thought it was wonderful :hug: :applause:

[Haole Girl]

18. I'm so glad it didn't bring you down.

Thank you for the nice compliment! :hug:

[Rising Phoenix]

23. I felt like you were talking right to me

always a sign of good writing, I hope you keep at it.....you have talent, and thank you as your poem inspired me to take a stab at poetry again, and thanks to Californa Peggy for inspiring you to write it....if I write anything I'm pleased with, I'll be sure to post it.

[malta blue]

13. Splendid KC2

Thank you for sharing your soul with us...

:hug:

~MB~

[Haole Girl]

15. Thank you

Even when I try not to share myself, it comes out! lol

Thanks, again. :hug:

[BarenakedLady]

16. Very nice.

I totally relate. Some days, I can't look into that mirror.

:hug:

[Haole Girl]

17. Thank you

:hug:

[auntAgonist]

19. beautiful and eloquent...

just like you :)

:hug:

aA

[Haole Girl]

20. Thank you!

That is the nicest thing anybody has said to me in a very long time. Thank you so much! :-) :hug:

[Bullwinkle925]

21. it is very uplifting . . .

thanks for sharing this . . .

i'm printing it out and will hang it up.

you're a dear.

:hug:

[Haole Girl]

24. You're welcome!

Thank YOU!! I'm honored! :hug:

[NewJeffCT]

22. nice post Emily Dickinson!

just kidding.

Good job.

[Haole Girl]

25. lol!

:D Thanks!