When I Looked In the Mirror

When I Looked In the Mirror

A Poem by Jen Garmala

When I looked in the mirror

I studied face, eyes, and being,

But all I saw was a blur;

Emptiness I tried fleeing.

 

Unknown to me was my face.

In its place were things unclean,

Things I wanted to erase;

Liar, thief, and all between.

 

I was empty and bitter

By the promises broken,

By the negative chitter

To myself I had spoken.

 

I hid in isolation

Scared of what others might think.

My mistakes, my fixation,

Always causing me to shrink.

 

I didn’t know You were there,

That You were lifting me out

Into the light, to fresh-air,

Where I could finally sprout.

 

When I look in the mirror

I do not study myself,

And yet everything’s clearer.

Now I seek out Him, God’s self.

 

I have lost all that was me;

The imperfections and doubt.

My future I cannot see,

But now I trust in God’s route.

 

I will have faith in His plan,

A path I will blindly take,

And let Him guide my life’s span

For now I live for His sake.

© 2013 Jen Garmala


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Praise HIM. He brings out from dark to light. You expressed this honestly and for that, write on.....

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Jen Garmala
Jen Garmala

Las Vegas, NV



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