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Human Reflection

Who is in the mirror?

By Katrina ThornleyPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
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I.

Our attention was squandered

Spent like loose change

Collected at bottom of purses-

Forgotten in pockets like lint.

We claimed it precious

Too valuable to share-

And yet we wasted it

Behind desks and blue screens

For pennies to rub

And quarters to drop

In wishing wells

Wasted on wishes for objects,

Inanimate love that we place

Above souls of peers.

II.

Our faces are thin

Sallow looking out window

To worlds we've forgotten

In exchange for weekends

Where we make mad dash

From one chore to next,

Never quite checking in

To the rooms upstairs-

Where spiders crawl

And cobwebs cover faces

Of individuals we once saw

In mirrors and fields,

As though they're a different life.

III.

We state the obvious

The belief in responsibility-

But obviously

We were not meant

To lose selves

And devote to conformity.

-K. Thornley

If you enjoyed this poem, be sure to find more of Katrina Thornley's work in her first published poetry collection: Arcadians: Lullaby in Nature now available on Amazon and www.seekatwrite.com

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About the Creator

Katrina Thornley

Rhode Island based author and poetess with a love for nature and the written word. Works currently available include Arcadians: Lullaby in Nature, Arcadians: Wooden Mystics, 26 Brentwood Avenue & Other Tales, and Kings of Millburrow.

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