Interata
Interata
How do you see yourself?
Through spectacles reddened by chance,
By tint?
By temper?
By tears?
How do you see yourself?
Through age-spotted mirror:
Reflection of mistakes made,
Mistakes held,
Mistakes forgotten?
How do you see yourself?
Through the tales of others,
Praises taken,
Scoldings accepted,
Remarks overheard?
How do you see yourself?
By numbers accented with dollar signs,
By the accumulation of acquaintance?
Of children,
Of lonely sigh spoken to the night?
How do you see yourself?
Do you look from without?
Do you look from within?
Do you make compare to that which you aspire to?
How do you see yourself?
Would you have us see you as you do?
How do you see yourself?
Cliff Lake 10/25/2022
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