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Really resonant. The nuance of it all, peaking its clarity in the end... felt like a proper poem. 

It's quite appealing to me when shameless confession and brutal criticism go hand-in-hand in a balanced utterance.

I think that, if in the beginning you didn't make it clear you were talking about yourself precisely, it would carry much more weight. But hey, the piece is yours, and it's a great one in my book.

How insidious and terrifying the object beating within my ribs You still desire what haunted you, haunts you You despise ecstasy and want to circulate within me irrationality, gloom and your own doom You love merely your blurred reflection in the ripples you form when you throw parts of your soul into the very river you cried You don't love your apparition, you don't love your shadows and silhouettes, only because that's the truth, the apparent, the only truth You love how others see you, not your true form You're only just a shapeshifter to them from the deep dark gallows on the Island of fallen kings When will you fall in love with what you see in the mirror, underneath the clothes and the skin? 

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https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/comments/x3rl7u/beauty/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=ios_app&amp;utm_name=iossmf

https://www.reddit.com/r/OCPoetry/comments/x3p5z8/i_refuse/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=ios_app&amp;utm_name=iossmf

You lie, but the mirror doesn’t