Faces gone, black eyes burnin’ bright
– The Rising.The Boss. Springsteen. Who else.
Rear view mirror.
Mirror, mirror what do you see?
What you wanted to see?
What you wanted to be?
Who you wanted?
Look back in anger, at the smoke, the terror, the closed doors, the falling buildings, the smell, the screams, the end?
Look back.
Reflect.
Then, stop looking, at the reflections.
Smash the mirror, and to hell
with, seven years of bad luck.
There, is after all, only the road.
Always, the road.
writing 101 | poetry | two | reflections | prompt by Melinda Kucsera
andy townend 
It’s always fun to play with reflections!
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Yes, and then, on reflection…
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I like how you structured this, questions and then a series of declarative statements. A very powerful poem about recent events that asks some hard questions. One hopes we’ll come up with the right answers.
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Thank you Melinda, I really appreciate that, this time I was making both a global point and a very personal one, too.
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Both points showed through your words 🙂
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Thank you, for seeing.
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Always a pleasure, my friend. 🙂
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The tension and the desperation is very real!
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Perhaps too real…
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Powerful poem, Andy. I checked Melinda’s site, looking for the prompt…is it a WordPress prompt, as I can’t seem to find it…
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Thank you, the prompt is actually from the WordPress 101 Poetry course
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/blogging-university/writing-101-a-poem-a-day/
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Thanks for clarifying!
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Good image and very good poem reflecting on what has happened in the last few weeks:)
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Thank you for seeing my point.
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What a powerful poem, Andy.
Excellent execution.
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Thank you (again).
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My pleasure
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Nicely done. And the structure of lines…very intriguing.
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Thank you Mr Fish
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What a loaded prompt… while it is not a new piece for the prompt there could be some reflection in this latest BeeBee snippet:
Wayward ‘Wangway’
Mirrors and shadows… salt and pepper, oil and water. Keep Moving down the road.
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Thank you, I never shoot blanks.
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Funny Guy…
I just wish I had more time for all the prompts singly…which is why I ‘mash’ 🙂
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Oh well, to mash is better than not to mash? 😉
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