Poetry

Reflection

by eyes + words
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Written by Jacob Ibrag

To the ones

who think they owe

anything to anyone, I promise

that you don’t. Not your heart. Not

your mind. Not your body. Not your soul.

There is but one, the single reflection

that stares when you look

into the mirror.

Photographer Unknown

35 comments on “Reflection”

  1. intrudesite
    June 21, 2016

    Reflection is a tree…..it seldom lives for it self…a puzzling poem….

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  2. z3ng33kgr7
    June 21, 2016

    Love this poem – truly introspective.

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  3. Margaret Baker
    June 21, 2016

    What if one’s reflection is no longer pleasing? Living with a contribution to others may heal the pain. Or is this too literal a response?

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  4. LunaReport
    June 21, 2016

    Beautiful 🙂

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  5. Iris@poetsmith
    June 21, 2016

    Thought provoking lines… nice poem. 🙂

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  6. Christopher Bland
    June 21, 2016

    I don’t like mirrors but i love that picture. Some of The truest of words…

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  7. Anthony Leto
    June 21, 2016

    Awesome picture, i really enjoyed this write.

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  8. emersonsquill
    June 21, 2016

    Lovely pairing of image and poem

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  9. richcreativemuse
    June 21, 2016

    Great poem – Boxed in with expectations?

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  10. Rancho do Peregrino
    June 21, 2016

    It’s always perfect…and it’s amazing here to stay, bye

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  11. VE
    June 22, 2016

    Very well said, it’s definitely the reflection.

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  12. dunkleschönheit
    June 22, 2016

    How very honest, i love it^^ ! 😊

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  13. taurusingemini
    June 22, 2016

    It’s very true, those words, you don’t owe ANYTHING to anybody, and NOBODY owes anything to you, but a lot of people often think that because of the misfortunes in their lives, someone out here on earth owe them, and that, is precisely why those people will NEVER feel satsified of life.

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  14. timelesswheel
    June 22, 2016

    Excellent!! Bull’s eye! ☺

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  16. Stormwise
    June 30, 2016

    Even if we did ‘owe’ to others, we do not truly own anything in our lives, with which we could pay others. But since no one truly owns anything (it’s all on loan from Nature), it’s not possible for us to be in that kind of debt to begin with. I really like the wisdom in this poem, as well as the form and way it’s written.

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  17. Dina
    January 11, 2017

    Lovely work!

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