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Mirror Shards

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poisoned-poet

Published: May 31, 2012

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Selfless desire
Merged into one
Never retires
To the sound of the beating drum…

Searching through darkness,
Never to find
The burning restless
Within my mind.

Forever running
From my shattered past;
Forever yearning
For one final task…

Trapped in a mirror,
Trapped in the mist;
Becoming clearer,
The visage twists.

Conscious unknowing
Clouds every thought;
The hatred's growing,
Yet all for naught…

Resounding image
Trapped in the rime:
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Drifting through time.

Searching for meaning
Where there is none;
What are you gleaning?
What have you done?

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A poem...about nothing written to a pseudo-tune, so it can kinda be like lyrics.

Play on the term 'mirror poetry' which is my term for open-ended poetry that allows the reader to formulate their own meaning...

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