The Man In The Mirror

Jolene M Lansverk 1979 (Benson)



He looks at the image he sees on the wall,
Remembering in a thought
How he used to have it all.

The looks, the brains, the strength to go on,
But he looks a little closer
And sees that’s all gone.

He watched himself age, in the mirror everyday.
While pieces of his life
Were slipping away.

His hand touched his face, as he felt a tear form.
The way that he did,
The day he was born.

He remembers that day in the back of his mind,
But he’ll soon forget it all
With the course of time.

Eighty years came and went by too fast.
For all of his memories
Are now buried in the past.

As he stares at himself, he begins to understand.
All that is there,
Is an aging dying man.

He takes one last look, for his time is drawing nearer.
But he’ll never forget that face,
Of the Man In The Mirror.
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Submitted by jolene_m on April 19, 2022

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXA XBX CXC XXX XAX DXD XXX BXB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 797
Words 185
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3

Jolene M Lansverk

Jolene Mary Eden Lansverk was born on April 8, 1979. She is the daughter of Richard and Sandy Lansverk of Benson, Minnesota. Jolene has always enjoyed writing, whether it be short stories, essays, or poetry. She started writing when she was about thirteen years old. Her very first poem was entitled “Goodbye”, dedicated to her late grandmother, Louise Weber. Ever since that day, Jolene has kept on writing. Of all the forms of writing that she does, Jolene appreciates poetry the best. She feels it’s one of the only ways in which she can express how she truly feels inside. Some of Jolene’s poems have been recognized and published in a few anthology books. “The River” along with “Thin Enough”, for example, have been published in The National Library of Poetry book, and “I Have These Two Friends” has been published in a book entitled The Echos From The Silence. Jolene plans to continue writing and hopefully will have more of her poetry published in the years to come. Jolene’s creative writing teacher quotes, “I’ve never met anybody who can write such deep and meaningful literature. Jolene believes in everything she puts down on paper. It’s inspiring.” more…

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