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Dec 05, 2009
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Vanity
No, the mirror does not liein what it shows of you.Your face today will fillthe eyes that look upon yours,but ask for nothing. Nor nothing in return,but one faint smilethat enters once in every heartwhere it remains for ever… Yes, even mine. But soon the dance must endand you must be as one of us,unnoticed by the passing eyes.Then hold the mirror up again,and try the stepsthat once could tease us all…Again the mirror will not lie,and when its truth tormentsyour footsteps on life’s darkened stage;draws out the dying momentsin a breathless and impassioned dance,pray that your dreams live outvague memory of hurtful wordswhich dared speak out of thingshalf-buried by hypnotic trance. Then, wait the timid hush that fallsupon the echoes of applause,and remember it was only I,not time, saw fit to strip awaythe beauty from your flashing eyes,beyond false subtlety and grace,behind the curtain of your face.
— professor, Dec 05, 2009
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Critiques
Seren
16 years 6 months ago
Bravo Big Bruv … brillaint
professor
16 years 6 months ago
Thankyou JayC
Kailashana
16 years 6 months ago
Ditto my dear Prof. And you
professor
16 years 6 months ago
No Anna dear,
Kailashana
16 years 6 months ago
Lol. You know my vanity all
Lonnie
16 years 6 months ago
Astoundingly outstanding!
professor
16 years 6 months ago
Thanks Lonnie
Kailashana
16 years 6 months ago
Just a small irony here…
Lunegirl
16 years 6 months ago
A brilliant read, i see what
Lunegirl
16 years 6 months ago
A brilliant read, i see what
professor
16 years 6 months ago
Thanks Vicki
Cloudthings
16 years 6 months ago
had to have a look here & love what I have found
professor
16 years 6 months ago
I look forward to your additional comments Anni
Cloudthings
16 years 6 months ago
I did enjoy a second & third read
professor
16 years 4 months ago
Sorry not to reply to this before Anni
loved
16 years 5 months ago
U R 2 GOD 4 ME
Cloudthings
16 years 5 months ago
Well, Happy 1900 then
Candlewitch
16 years 4 months ago
Dearest Keith
professor
16 years 4 months ago
Dearest Cat