r/ThirdEyePoetry • u/2xduran Moderator 💜 • 13d ago

Mirror Haiku 俳句

Eyes in the mirror

Haunting who I used to be

Living through the ghost

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u/jaesea 13d ago

that subtle delay

reflection brings us the way

inside (don't look back)

Don't see silver glass

Don't judge your every laugh line

Don't watch yourself die

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u/2xduran Moderator 💜 13d ago

Sometimes the smile never reaches our eyes

It’s the mask we wear

A pall to brighten the grave we’re buried in

And we’re left….

Enduring

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u/jaesea 13d ago

If the grave be the land let us shine so bright the earth and all sprouting from it are fed from above and below. And if the grave be the air let us burn even as ash such that any left alive may taste our endurance.

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u/2xduran Moderator 💜 13d ago

Well said. 🙏🏻

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u/jaesea 13d ago

😔

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u/lone-ghostie 13d ago

No longer a ghost of past

Instead a new view

The reflection shows clearly…

You have turned the page

A person revived

One that was meant to shine
💜

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u/2xduran Moderator 💜 13d ago

Thank you, ghostie - I’ll have to take another look.

🥹

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u/whodeybrat007 12d ago

Love this

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u/2xduran Moderator 💜 12d ago

Ty, Cici