{"sf1_id":531873,"sf2_id":"GnDzLYGe","title":"Mirror","author":"WolfyTheFabulous","words":451,"posted_at":"2013-04-28T05:23:00.000Z","tags":["Anger","Reflection","Self Analysis","mirror"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/531873-mirror","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/GnDzLYGe","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=531873\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"#2 of Poetry\n\nA poem that dissects my own anger. Two sides of the same man speak. Hope it makes sense.","content":"Mirror, Oh Mirror,\n\nWhat do you see\n\n\u0026nbsp;Behind that bright face of glee?\n\n_\u0026nbsp;_\n\n_Hidden well beneath a mask  \n Thinner than air;  \n Away from the prying eyes  \n  \n You hide something hideous;  \n Fowl and disgraceful  \n A beast   \n  \n One of pure indignation,_\n\n_Hiding tears of disparity,_\n\n_Silently screaming in a room of utter nothingness_\n\n_Tis all a set;_\n\n_\u0026nbsp;A stage_\n\n_An opening for something far greater_\n\n_\u0026nbsp;_\n\n_A tradgedy_\n\n_A comedy_\n\n_Dyed red by your mind's fury_\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\n\n_Hidden away within his mind lies the key_\n\n_Why will you not see?_\n\n_Or is it perhaps he who is blind?_\n\n_\u0026nbsp;_\n\n_You will lose that which you love_\n\n_For you are too ignorant and full of anger to see_\n\n_That would you do is a parasite that slowly infects he_\n\nCold glass against my fist\n\nNo more will I hear   \n From that wretched mirror\n\n_\u0026nbsp;_\n\n_Simply smashing me will do nothing_\n\n_And yet again you prove your insanity,_\n\n_Knowing nothing but anger_\n\n_\u0026nbsp;_\n\n_I see the desire planted so firmly in thine heart_\n\n_Tis a noble purpose that would bring about great change_\n\n_Yet you do not pursue it_\n\n_You do nothing to further it;  \n What is stopping you?_\n\n_You truly are an ignorant beast_\n\n_\u0026nbsp;_\n\nAnd you are to know better?\n\nYou walk not in my shoes!  \n You know nothing of what I am!\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nYou simply cannot be real!  \n You are an apparition;  \n An illusion\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n_But that is where you are wrong!  \n I am quite real, you see,_\n\n_You've even touched me_\n\n_\u0026nbsp;_\n\n_I am as real as the trees,   \n The birds,_\n\n_And the bees_\n\n_\u0026nbsp;_\n\n_I am part of this world,_\n\n_No mere apparition,_\n\n_And I speak only truth for I am omniscient_\n\n_\u0026nbsp;_\n\n_I see within you your every waking thought!  \n I know your memories as if they are my own_\n\n_And I know of what hand fate has dealt you_\n\n_\u0026nbsp;_\n\nYou simply cannot be real!  \n Crumble beneath my fists!  \n Speak no more!\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n_But I shall never disappear_\n\n_For you and I are one:  \n A division of a soul_\n\n_\u0026nbsp;_\n\nYou are not me!  \n You cannot be!  \n You know nothing!\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n_I know more than you wish   \n But this makes me no less of you,  \n You filthy beast_\n\n_\u0026nbsp;_\n\nSilence!  \n Speak no more of untrue words!  \n Tell no more of your lies!\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n_They are not lies_\n\n_But simply the truth_\n\n_Told askew_\n\n_\u0026nbsp;_\n\n_The purest truth_\n\n_Told from your own perspective;_\n\n_Do you not see, you ignorant waste of space?_\n\n_\u0026nbsp;_\n\nStop!\n\nStop talking!  \n It's all lie!\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n_Truth is the only language I speak!  \n Realize this you fowl creature!_\n\n_Open your eyes and see truth!_\n\n_\u0026nbsp;_\n\nNo!  \n You speak not truth!\n\nYou are not me!\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poetry","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/468027-needles.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/617049-eternity.json"}}