Mirror
For Ellie Hoovs' Wonderland Challenge - Day 18
Wallpaper peels
Like a sunburn
Cracked and raw
Bricks crumble
Like old bones
Fractured and brittle
Glass fogs
Like aged lenses
Distorted and cloudy
Foundations fall
Like ladened tears
Slow and steady
I walk through the rubble
Being careful not to trip
On truths buried
Like hidden mines
I don't need your voice
To tell me you've spoken
I don't need the light
To know I've been woken
I don't need a mirror
To reflect what is broken
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Ellie's Wonderland Challenge Prompt - Day 18
About the Creator
Alyssa Musso
A scientist by trade, but a creative at heart. One novel in progress with too many other ideas taking up space in my head. Some of those ideas end up here.
Instagram: @alyssa.n.mussowrites
My website! https://www.alyssamusso.com/
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Comments (4)
Beautifully written. And in absolute rhyme too. Amazing @Alyssa Nicole
Such incredible imagery in this! I could see the dilapidation! Love the Rhyming lines toward the end too! Marvelous job with the prompt word!
This is lovely, Alyssa. I loved this especially : “I don't need a mirror To reflect what is broken” 💕
This is wonderful. Your visual imagery is concise and evocative.