{"id":17317,"date":"2021-10-17T07:51:44","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T11:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=17317"},"modified":"2021-12-10T15:14:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T20:14:38","slug":"a-mirrors-shine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2021\/10\/17\/a-mirrors-shine\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolving Emotions: A Mirror’s Shine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Their eyes pierce my skin<\/span><\/p>\n

They persecute my soul<\/span><\/p>\n

They interrogate my substance<\/span><\/p>\n

They diminish my light<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Who is \u201cthey\u201d?<\/span><\/p>\n

Those that cross my path<\/span><\/p>\n

The people that touch my life<\/span><\/p>\n

Cherished loved ones<\/span><\/p>\n

An external force<\/span><\/p>\n

God\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The universe itself<\/span><\/p>\n

Or<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps<\/span><\/p>\n

Me.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I puncture my passions<\/span><\/p>\n

I persecute my dreams<\/span><\/p>\n

I interrogate my existence<\/span><\/p>\n

I mute my shine<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Reflecting is painful<\/span><\/p>\n

The mirror shows me as I am<\/span><\/p>\n

My eyes bend and distort<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Staring back at me<\/span><\/p>\n

My greatest fear<\/span><\/p>\n

My greatest shame<\/span><\/p>\n

My greatest disappointment<\/span><\/p>\n

My greatest loathing<\/span><\/p>\n

My greatest failure<\/span><\/p>\n

We lock eyes<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ugly\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ignorant<\/span><\/p>\n

Underserving<\/span><\/p>\n

Unwilling<\/span><\/p>\n

Hopeless<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Perhaps it is time to perceive as the mirror does<\/span><\/p>\n

Objective<\/span><\/p>\n

Dispassionate<\/span><\/p>\n

Void of judgment<\/span><\/p>\n

An authentic truth<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The mirrors of our lives<\/span><\/p>\n

The ebb and flow of familiar strangers<\/span><\/p>\n

Those crossing our paths<\/span><\/p>\n

The loved fixtures of our experience<\/span><\/p>\n

The external force that guides us<\/span><\/p>\n

This astounding universe surrounding us<\/span><\/p>\n

Whomever we place our faith in<\/p>\n

Ever reflecting<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

There are mirrors<\/span><\/p>\n

Look, and bear witness<\/span><\/p>\n

You are not what you tell yourself you are<\/span><\/p>\n

Or who you feel you must be<\/p>\n

You are simply<\/span><\/p>\n

You<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Beautiful<\/span><\/p>\n

Intelligent<\/span><\/p>\n

Deserving<\/span><\/p>\n

Willing<\/span><\/p>\n

Brimming with brilliant potential<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Seek those who act as your mirror<\/span><\/p>\n

Who celebrate your strengths when you are blind to them<\/p>\n

Who embrace your flaws when you cannot<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Find those who see you for you<\/span><\/p>\n

Find those who see your shining light anew<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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