Mirror

I'm not really sure how to take this. It's prose, but it's not. To be clear, I like the piece.

The line "Broken glass and shattered meanings" in the first stanza strikes a resonant chord with me. My mother was abusive. Not sure if that's what was meant by that line, but that's my feeling on it.

She may have made you, but that doesn't mean you will become, or have to become her. You are not a mirror image of your mother and you don't have to be. You can break the cycle.

I know, it's hard for me, because I see myself becoming my dad. I see him in my mannerisms and hear him in my words. We are very much alike in a lot of ways, yet I know, I am not him, I know that we are vastly different too.

Maybe I missed the meaning in this piece, but what I get from it is a deep inner turmoil, a reflection of self that doesn't really agree with what one wants to be.

One suggestion though, I would probably try to work on the syllable count for a more harmonious flow. Although the bumpiness of it may be intentional.

I love the idea, but I'm not overwhelmed by the execution.

I found myself wanting more detail about this relationship. You focused solely on the physical aspects of your face and voice, but not the mental part of yourself. I wanted to know why you had so much anxiety about this situation.

I just wanted some more information. Either way, this is still very well done. Great work!

Nice work! I thoroughly enjoyed this. My only complaint is that the fourth line in the first stanza felt a little forced. And while I enjoy alliteration, I don't think it flows the best in this instance.

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It's a really good concept, I think taking a little bit of time to space out the milismas and flow them together with more reasoning as to why it'd be so bad to become your mom's image would do some good

I really like the looseness of the rhymes in this piece. I find that to be the best middle ground between an older structured kind of poetry and free verse, and I really like your focus on just how similar we can end up being to our parents. The only thing I might add more of is horror: the pure disgust, anger, or fear that comes from realizing how you've become what you never wanted to be. How to add more horror? Maybe go a little bit more in depth with the mirror bit, something spectral and haunting like a visage thought gone slowly shifting over your own. But overall, I really loved the form and the themes :)