Don’t Be Cruel

FC November Prompts — Mirror Nonet

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Create a poem that reflects itself. Begin with nine syllables, decrease by one syllable each line until you reach one, then climb back to nine.

Seventeen lines, one poetic reflection.

What do you see when you look at me?

Do you stare appreciatively?

Or with inadequacy?

While your heart says, “Be kind”

Does your head scream, “Why?”

Such harsh treatment

Of the shell

That is

You

Cover

A layer

Hiding beneath

Your true beauty is

More than the reflection

Will ever reveal to you

So when you look in the mirror

Know that you are much more than skin deep

Jason Edmunds explores life’s horizons:

Life’s Charades

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