This Poem was Submitted By: Laura Jeanne Dean On Date: 2001-01-08 10:16:58 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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The Mirror

When you were a tiny porcelain doll I held you up to look in the mirror   hanging on the wall in my bedroom. You experimented on altering your appearance   and giggled at the way your face looked back at us. I joined in with you   making your happiness expand to become our happiness. We then would share the joy which appeared   every time I was blessed to see   into the reality of your world. Your dreams and desires were unlimited. You searched ever-changing horizons, undaunted. Enjoying each exploration   till your interest was exhausted, And another quest loomed on your imagination's horizon,   beckoning you to examine and challenge it. In the mirror I'd see your reflection running to me   gleefully shouting, "Mommy, please open the door!" As life goes on and your years grow with you, The doorknob is no longer out of reach. In my room, the mirror still hangs,   not allowed to leave it's coveted place. Though your reflection can no longer be captured   on impulses spontaneous necessity, My maternal bliss has not faded. I still share your world  Full of quests and adventures. For it is now captured in photographs   which hang on the opposite wall Of our mirror.

Copyright © January 2001 Laura Jeanne Dean

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