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Sue K Connally
Poems
Mar 2014
Double Sided Mirror
She gazed, staring into her own pupils..
fixing her brows
smoothing those lines beside her widening closed grin
Fixating heavily on skin disregarding what lie beneath
A facade of certainty in worth or power
False knowledge of what the importance weighed
A mirror showing to her an
image
Familiarity in shapes & shades
A contentment enrobed her shoulders
As she twitched and straightened her posture
The women glared
..The men looked on
Watching her pull hair behind one ear and then free it again
Discomforted Ticks unraveling
A soft glimmer in her eye pinning back all tell
This is what I see, and this is what I'll show..
In a moment she perceived to be
alone
She was safe with her own
reflection
In her own head space but still seen
Onlookers peering, counting the moments of doubt
Clocking the paces and plotting the course in directions
A two sided mirror ..with many reflections
Written by
Sue K Connally
West Coast, America
(West Coast, America)
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