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Published: 2003-09-04 03:41:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 38; Favourites: 0; Downloads: 9
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Description Sometimes I am intrigued by my own reflection.
I am not sure why, but the mirror image captivates me.
I am lost in the lines and shadows that represent my own physicality.
Society tends to scrutinize these lines and shadows searching for flaws and imperfections.
But my search is not nearly as disparaging.
I appreciate the inconsistency in my eyes when I smile; how one is tilted more downward then the other.
I may not be asymmetric but I have a unique sense of aesthetic features.
Sometimes I catch myself denouncing my blatant nose, “big” I call it with defeated disgust.
In this mirror however the accentuation is much milder, yet purposeful.
My lips are puffy but not overblown, and they look happy laying serenely side by side.
Sunny streaks tumble down my face.  Their presence is not encroaching.
Like straw spun too gold, flowing along my neck, I touch it too validate its presence.
“This is me”, I repeat slowly to myself.
Doubt creeps into my mind, “is this how others see me?”
Is the mirror playing tricks again, is it the sympathetic light?
Am I beautiful in day or night?
Is beauty really something so easily defined.?
Does beauty fit in this reflective glass?
If so, is it reflected accurately back?
Then I pause and I sink into myself once again.
Noticing the flushed color that bleed from within.
I am breathing steadily now, as I stroke my hair.
I’m beginning to accept the person reflected in the mirror.
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Comments: 6

Life8Lost [2003-09-04 07:48:24 +0000 UTC]

ooo nice

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markomyluv In reply to Life8Lost [2003-09-05 02:45:13 +0000 UTC]

hehe thanks

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discarded-youth [2003-09-04 04:36:20 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome. I like it a lot.

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markomyluv In reply to discarded-youth [2003-09-04 04:54:12 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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missmichelle29 [2003-09-04 03:55:14 +0000 UTC]

+fav, i love it

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markomyluv In reply to missmichelle29 [2003-09-04 04:24:26 +0000 UTC]

thanks!!

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