Looking Glass

Mirror, mirror of shared space

What purpose do impressions take?

What is time here, what is change?

Why do contrasts seem the same?

What end sense does it make?

Or finding same within such stakes?

What secrets lie in changing late?

What's the purpose of doubt or fate?

Mirror, mirror here in between

Couldn't we conclude unfinished dreams?

Such requests do weigh more than me.

Not for it all, crowds make three.

I do not want to do this on my own,

just help me find another way home.

Forgetting, past that I might never grow.

No other such potential, wherever I may roam.

"No other option than those already within.

Where that takes you, what it makes you?

Everyone can see these things.

Simply break out of cycles

of what becomes done is done back.

This stage has already been set.

There is no time for hate or regret,

and no way to find it elsewhere,

that which you think you lack.

Home is, in fact, the last stop.

Everyone ends up there, 

whether they want to or not." 

Reviews

[Tomoe Tellez]

"What is time here, what is change?
Why do contrasts seem the same?
What end sense does it make?"
Those lines have such a great meaning and have very wise words, even though they are questions they seem to answer the question "What is the right question to make?".
People tend to get lost and sometimes they don't even know what is wrong with them because they might know everything about their lives, but they lack the true knowledge they need, which is knowing who they are.
Your poem made me think of this.
The second part was my favorite, I couldn't choose just one favorite line.
Thanks for sharing this lovely piece of writing.

[Abyssmouse]

(messed up the first comment, never mind that)
Ah! Subjectively that is a really curious thing to mention. I had a conversation about this with someone else the other day too. None of this “wisdom” is actually mine, I am simply repeating things I have found to be true for me, in my own way.

Some time back, I had this teacher who taught quite a number of different subjects, ranging from philosophy, ethics, astronomy, psychology, physics and the like, a really funny guy too. One thing that I remember him saying was exactly that... That we “Observe the world through ourselves” as a result of which - the better we know ourselves and the more we grow, the more the world makes sense as a result.

I really just write for my own sake primarily. But when I think about someone reading it. I would much rather make the person question what they know , rather than convince them of what I do.

Thank you for the review!
Much more for what you wrote rather than the act of reviewing in itself! :)

[Tomoe Tellez]

You say it's not wisdom, but I think you just made a definition of wisdom by saying it's not. XD
read moreYou say it's not wisdom, but I think you just made a definition of wisdom by saying it's not. XD
I agree with what you say about seeing the world through ourselves, when we see it from another's view it takes a lot for us to understand. Humans have two ways of understanding something, through science or religion. And we choose which makes sense for us, some disagree with their religion and search for the answer through science.
Poems have this great ability of being different to each person, we understand them differently. Sometimes one may encounter a romantic poem that to someone who has never been in a relationship, like me lol, we see and feel the love in the words, but making reference to the love of family. That's what I like about poems.
And you are welcome! I enjoyed reading and reviewing this poem.