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Array ( [sid] => 122182 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Image in the Mirror [time] => 2006-06-23 09:18:46 [hometext] => [bodytext] => The image in the mirror
Is one of skin and bones
A skeleton stares back
An image of death alone

What she sees in the mirror
Is ugly and fat
Her minds eye is lying
And it can’t look back

The torment of the mirror
Stays with her all day
As she starves this body
She thinks it’s the only way

To fight back at the mirror
And the story that it tells
She thinks she is in control
But her life has gone to hell

The image in the mirror
Differs from the truth so
And her soul is damaged
More than anyone knows
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Image in the Mirror

Contributed by NoSaint on Friday, 23rd June 2006 @ 09:18:46 AM in AEST
Topic: AmericanTragedy

The image in the mirror
Is one of skin and bones
A skeleton stares back
An image of death alone

What she sees in the mirror
Is ugly and fat
Her minds eye is lying
And it can’t look back

The torment of the mirror
Stays with her all day
As she starves this body
She thinks it’s the only way

To fight back at the mirror
And the story that it tells
She thinks she is in control
But her life has gone to hell

The image in the mirror
Differs from the truth so
And her soul is damaged
More than anyone knows

Copyright Â© NoSaint ... [ 2006-06-23 09:18:46]
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Re: Image in the Mirror (User Rating: 1 )
by RYOFU on Friday, 23rd June 2006 @ 12:09:32 PM AEST
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great write! It's so hard to be truthful about what we think of ourselfs.. Its hard to feel not in control.

Re: Image in the Mirror (User Rating: 1 )
by moses on Friday, 23rd June 2006 @ 01:20:39 PM AEST
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Great write. I find too that the mirror is such a simple thing, yet it helps to show so many things within ourselves. It can be our worst enemy and a wake up call.

Nice job, keep up the good work,
-moses

Re: Image in the Mirror (User Rating: 1 )
by jerseysue on Friday, 23rd June 2006 @ 01:56:01 PM AEST
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This really explains the effect some illness can have on you. In a world that solely works on how you look.Great write, and so real. Sue x

Re: Image in the Mirror (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Friday, 23rd June 2006 @ 08:15:56 PM AEST
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A person is only seeing in their mind what they want to be. A mirror will not change up the facts. It must be right thinking... You can be 500 lbs and get down to 80 lbs, and it won't make one difference.... some where a long the line, something or someone has caused a problem.. counseling can help.. if you truly need to lose weight, that is one thing.. but to lose weight in order to be something you can never be, is a different story... hard to explain, I think with the few words I have written, many can understand.. what I do mean.

RaquelLeah

Re: Image in the Mirror (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Saturday, 24th June 2006 @ 07:03:33 PM AEST
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Shari, I found this incredibly sad. Sad, because this
is still such a huge problem today. Damn those beauty
magazines and (store-bought) flawless movie stars!

A most poignant and expertly written piece. Well done.

~Breezy

Re: Image in the Mirror (User Rating: 1 )
by a7x36 on Monday, 26th June 2006 @ 02:06:14 AM AEST
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who's the idiot who decided blonde hair and anorexia is wats beautiful? give me a curvy brunette! models and movie stars are usually more disgusting than flawless, ribs showing and boney faces are not attractive; and anorexia is a sad disease that i think is derived entirely from this stupid idea of "beauty"

Re: Image in the Mirror (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Sunday, 2nd July 2006 @ 03:01:34 PM AEST
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Picture perfect, as presented visually in the storybook of television, movies, and advertising medias, is a fiction image of manufactured misguidance. Remember the image in the mirror cannot reflect the true beauty of the soul and mind.
Sad snapshot in this piece, but remember only a passing snapshot of an entire life.

wabl
KenMoore
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