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For Ellie Hoovs' Wonderland Challenge - Day 18

By Alyssa MussoPublished about a year ago • 1 min read
Mirror
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Wallpaper peels

Like a sunburn

Cracked and raw

Bricks crumble

Like old bones

Fractured and brittle

Glass fogs

Like aged lenses

Distorted and cloudy

Foundations fall

Like ladened tears

Slow and steady

I walk through the rubble

Being careful not to trip

On truths buried

Like hidden mines

I don't need your voice

To tell me you've spoken

I don't need the light

To know I've been woken

I don't need a mirror

To reflect what is broken

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Ellie's Wonderland Challenge Prompt - Day 18

Free Verseheartbreaksad poetry

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Alyssa Musso

A scientist by trade, but a creative at heart. One novel in progress with too many other ideas taking up space in my head. Some of those ideas end up here.

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    Written by Alyssa Musso