Here's to seeing myself as I really am
At an unattractive moment
But that's no reflection me
***
I need to polish my image
But it'll be my image that I polish
I'll be shinier but it won't be me
***
I can't pass by without looking
If I don't pass, he doesn't pass
And the person inert is me
***
The one looking back is left, for right
But those in the back looking over my shoulder
Are right-to-left and right to leave
***
I'll never accept what I see
Unless I close my eyes
And that's a reflection on me
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Gerard DiLeo
Retired, not tired. Hippocampus, behave!
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Day 4 of Quitting
If this is how sobriety feels, maybe it’s better to go through life a little buzzed… this, along with other hits like, I want to kill myself, I wish I was dead, and I’m going to throw myself off a bridge have been the only thoughts on rotation these past few days. I promise myself that if, in a month, I still feel like this (‘this’ meaning despondent, full of rage, and simultaneously numb) I can go back to smoking. Until mid-February though? Nicotine is off the table.
By sleepy drafts7 days ago in Longevity
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Nearer than pictured! I guess eyes closes is the most accurate reflection.
There's always more than meets the eye! Such a profound poem! I loved it!