Inanimate

I imagined

I was of flesh and blood

with a heart and a brain

feelings and pain

I bled when nicked

Too close the fire singed

invisible arrows pierced

and my eyes shed tears.

I forgot… I am but inanimate

Just a mirror on the wall

Metal and glass

No feelings at all

People glance

To make up their face

A smile, a grimace

then onward on their ways…

You only see what is outside

Turned the other way inside

Nothing more, nothing less

I only reflect.

- Shail Mohan (Oct 2009)

9 thoughts on “Inanimate

  1. Nicely penned! I like these lines,

    ‘…You only see what is outside
    Turned the other way inside
    Nothing more, nothing less
    I only reflect…’

    btw, I would like to share one of my poems on mirror. Hope you’ll like it.

    Me: Thank you Deependra. I will surely check out your poem! :)

  2. Mirror Mirror on the wall,
    who’s the best poet of them all.
    Sometimes for making your heart to stall,
    sometimes to squeeze tears from the eyeball,
    and for piercing your heart as if with an awl
    and for making us exclaim ‘what a gall’
    for making the words like an yo-yo to fall,
    its always Shail who is standing tall.

    Guess I made up for the one missed for ‘Happiest Days’ :) . Great work Shail.

    Me: OMG you sure did Govind! :D Errr… but I reach only up to a height of 5 feet above the ground level! :P

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