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Inside this bubble Aug. 19, 2014

 

 

I write these poems in a mirror and think I am looking at out, even though I know you are somewhere in the mirror, too, a face that moves me, changes me, recreates me into something other than what I might otherwise have been.

When I think of you, I see my face change in the mirror, pained over what no longer exists, deluded into thinking it might still be, when I know what I feel is self-contained, like being in a bubble floated in the air, seemingly carefree, always aware the bubble might burst an any moment; I cling to you because that is all there is, this frail fabric, the thin veneer of love, I pray, will still exist long after it all crashes down. I write these people in a mirror, seeing the impact you have on me,  how much less I would be if I did not have you in my life, even when you are not, and can never been again, this reflection of feelings keeping this bubble afloat, an illusion I need to maintain in order to survive, a mirror of me, reflected in you, and without out, I case, and so, I cling to the interior of this bubble, waiting for the moment when it will burst.


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