Icy glass so cold and heartless.
Windowed sorrows etched in pain.
Judging looks, yet never emotions.
Cruel and shallow, so pompous and vein.
Confidence in one, insecurities in another.
Disregarding all feelings within.
Some written in pencil, errors erasable.
Some stained with mistakes written in pen.
Mirror, mirror, so reflexive and pure...
Am I true to myself? Can I really be sure?
Author notes
The issue I was trying to address in this poem was how much emphasis our society puts on looks anymore. It's ridiculous that something as simple as a mirror can cause people to feel so insecure that they starve themselves and in some cases die! I'm just trying to get people to realize that you shouldn't worry so much about what people say, and you should follow what you think is best, which is what I was trying to imply with the last two lines. I mean, YOU know yourself better than anyone, so answer this, what do YOU want?
The title option.
A contest entry
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525 points, ended April 5, 2007, 10 entries
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What did you think
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This is so true! People are so driven by the mirror and what other people think. Especially our youths. Great write. If this is for the prewrite option, since it has won before, it isn't eligible. Let me know of another option it applies to. Thanks.
Jeannie
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Thank you for entering my contest and good luck. I think that you did an excellent job of describing what you wanted to in this poem. I agree, this world would probably be a better place if we all looked exactly the same or if we outlawed all mirrors. I did notice one typo in the poem.
Cruel and shallow, so pompous and vein.
Should be:
Cruel and shallow, so pompous and vain.
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yeah this will work! i'm flexible
this is really good. i enjoyed it. thanks for entering! -
I love this poem kelly!!! It is cool, you are really good and how do i im you lol, well very good, and how do i get points and stuff like that? but good job on the mirror mirror
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