Do you still recognize
yourself
in the mirror
or has time made
the child
disappear
does it play peekaboo
between your
features
or does it fear
being
peppered with
your disappointments
can you
meet your eye
unwavering
and dare
to love
what you see
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Written for dVerse’s Quadrille #35 – Pepper
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This weeks challenge update:
- Blog post 47/52 – Only 5 to go! 🙂
- Writing in the screenplay – No…
- Drawing – And no….
- Feet writing & drawing – Done!!
Until tomorrow!
~Liv
Lives In Stone 
Recognizing the innocent in ourselves — so difficult. This is a wonderful, gentle reminder.
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Thank you. 🙂
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Oh, this is so familiar! I really love the lines:
‘does it play peekaboo
between your
features
or does it fear
being
peppered with
your disappointments’.
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Thanks! 🙂
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Such a lovely reminder 🙂
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Sometimes it doesn’t hurt to have them. 🙂 Thank you.
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Nice description of looking in the mirror and seeing the child we once were.
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Sometimes they peek. 🙂 Thank you.
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I like your poetic reflection!
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I like your wordplay! Awesome comment. 🙂
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😉
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Personally, I try not to look in the mirror, because some old woman keeps getting in front of me! (I can, however, look myself in the eye and say “You did okay, old girl!”)
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Lol. I hear you! We must have similar mirrors. 🙂
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So much to be gained from finding this in ourselves.
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So true. 🙂
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This is deeply thought provoking… (checks reflection in the mirror) …❤️
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Lol. 🙂 Thanks!
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A powerful piece asking an important question… Can you … dare to love what you see? Well done, thank you!
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My pleasure. Thank you so much for reading! 🙂
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I can’t help but think that if more of us could remember how we were as children, there would be so much more wonder and beauty in our poor world. And healing. We would kiss each others wounds instead of putting salt in them.
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Oh, yes! Totally agreed! What a lovely thought. A little bit of innocence would likely be a better thing, if we could trade it for being jaded, even for just a few moments a day. A few minutes of wonder would do us good too. 🙂
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Loved this! As we all travel through time, it’s wonderful when one can look in the mirror and feel happy about where we are in the moment. ❤
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Absolutely. 🙂 Happy you liked it. 🙂
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