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Artist JoeMac
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I was told as a kid that my head was so big that if I stand up that I would fall over and crack the earth, I was told I was fat, I’m still told now as an adult who wears a size fifteen shoe that damn boy, you got boats attached to yo ankles, you should be wearing the damn boxes, all of the above is true, guess what else, I had metal gates locked on my crooked teeth from ages seven to nine, I got a birthmark on my left foot of all places, I got chicken pox scars still left on my face from the third grade, I got a scar over my right eye from when I was elbowed in a basketball game, the scar on my right jaw was caused when it was sliced on my grandmothers gate, I got a heart condition that sometimes causes my to beat erratic, but most of all, I bit my nails, yes, biting my nails was a bad habit, until I learned that by biting my nails, I couldn’t use em to pick at the scabs of my scars, thus I could heal my insecurities and appreciate everything about me, see I’m honest with myself now, when I look in the mirror I can smile, my reflection sometimes does its own thing and says damn my , I wish like hell I could be like you, and I asked back why do you say that, we are mere twins on opposite sides of the spectrum, and he said no, we are not the same, objects in the mirror may be closer than they appear, but what they dont tell you is how to be you, how to accept your self destruction, you are against you, the world lies and tells you that your reflection is perfection, but what happens when the man on the other side of the mirror suddenly disappears, I did sleep with too many women, I was concerned too much about my hair and clothes, I only wanted her because she had a phat ass, I wasn’t ready for elevation at the time I thought my didn’t stink, so maybe thats why Holy Water didn’t flush my sins cause it was clogged up with my bull, I wasn’t too good to work that job when I was down and out, I was wrong how I handled that situation, my attitude was ty at times, I am petty, that stardom sometimes went straight to my head, maybe that's why some nights I lied in my bed and didn’t pray to God because I thought I didn’t need Him anymore, I lied and I know I did, I’m not that tough, sure I’m built a little rough around the edges but it’s amazing how death can smooth yourout, I am lazy at times, I wasn't with her when I slept with her, and I bought her a one way ticket to for free airlines, I thought I would be fine, but I'm sitting here stuck on the other side of the mirror while you accept who you are, all your flaws, and my depression is caused by knowing that once you walk away from this mirror and leave..I will only exist as a shadow under the light, and then I will have no features, I will just try to follow you to aspire of what you became, while knowing the realization is that I can never catch up to you, no matter how hard I try...see it amazing, that they always tell us that were chasing shadows of our former selves when it is the shadows that always try to come back to us, I stared in the mirror, watching my reflection cry, knowing he would die and only be brought back to life when I came back, it wasn’t the first time that i was upset at what I was looking at, but for the first time in my life, I realized, my reflection, was thinking the same thing

 

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LP45 says:

Deep. Excellent write JoeMac619. Our visions of "reflections" comes in so many different ways. I enjoyed reading this. Thank you for sharing.

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