The Man In The Mirror
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
Modified on April 26, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXA XBX CXC XXX XAX DXD XXX BXB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 797 |
Words | 185 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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