Sunday, March 25, 2012

Sentimental Me

                                                                             Image: Duane Michals
Picture Credit: Courtesy of Tess' Magpie

I cannot have you
I cannot touch you
The most I can see
Are two reflections
How cruel fate can be
Can I be set free?

I can see you in my reflections
I can see you in my dreams
I can see you everywhere
But my choices are limited
My yearnings are beyond reach
My emotions are beyond reasons
My wants are beyond redemption
I’m vulnerable

Help!
Save me!
Sentimental me.

Submitted for Willow's Magpie#110

35 comments:

  1. Wants that one can not have
    Are indeed grave
    But one should look at what they do
    And not get in a stew

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  2. I had the same thoughts...SAVE ME!!!! excellent!

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  3. sometimes not being able to get what you think you want - does save you

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  4. Great...amazing the different views we each see in the same photo.

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  5. ... a lesson which is hard to learn. We don't always get what we wish for...

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  6. Ahhh... caught in the mirror.. how sad.
    Great writing Hank!

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  7. We all have a bit of that.. I think its good to reflect, indulge it for a bit, but move on ~

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  8. I guess when we think about it, reflections in mirrors are illusions.

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  9. I can relate to the vulnerability here...nice write...

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  10. We all have that cry for help, don't we? Good poem.

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  11. i feel you in this man...to see but not touch is a tough place to be...and sometimes perhaps that is the best you know...

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  12. Hank, sometimes what we want isn't always best for us. I like this a lot.

    Pamela

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  13. Careful what you wish for; as you know you may get it. :-)

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  14. Careful what you wish for; as you know you may get it. :-)

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  15. The unreachable seen as a reflection. The true definition of tantalising!

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  16. It's often what we can't have that we desire the most...until we get it, then it might not be that great! Nice write.

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  17. We all desire that what we cannot have. reaching out to him or her, your secret lover. Seeing him or her everywhere ... and in your mirror he or she reflects as a silent admirer.
    Great poem, loved reading it.

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  18. Hi Hank--caught in the glass--I keep thinking of Jean Cocteau--Where they go in and out of the mirror with the gloves--Orfee--K.

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  19. if you yearn yourself, can you ever reach yourself

    mirrored

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  20. "save me"... I guess this a thing everybody feels at some point or the other..
    Beautifully written :)

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  21. Vulnerable but out of reach too.
    Very cool!
    rel

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  22. engaging write, appreciate your sharing it...

    ...rob kistner
    Image & Verse

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  23. Cool response to the prompt, this. Excellently done.

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  24. Ooh this is so true about our relationships with ourselves. We have to settle with the reflection in the mirror.

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  25. The idea of the unreachable is an interesting perspective on the image.

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  26. Wonderful poem. So like us all at times in our lives. Hoping for happy endings though :-)

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