When I look at you I see myself undone... potential untapped brilliance undiscovered creativity unexplored vacuum sealed in the cellophane of childhood. When I look at you I see myself unveiled... impulses unedited words unscripted feelings unrestrained the stark honesty of an undiluted soul. I see the me I wish I was. The flesh and blood reflection of all my could-haves and would-haves and should-have-still. I see the me I wish I wasn't. The pint-sized mimic of all my fearfulness and mindlessness and my selfish will.
little mirror little me Be better than I am, Better than I could be. little mirror little me Like me, but so much more Extraordinary.
So here’s me, waxing poetic for National Poetry Writing Month.
So Here's Us... 
April 9th, 2013 at 9:17 pm
Brilliant!
April 13th, 2013 at 9:46 am
You’ve always been so encouraging! And that means a lot coming from a fellow writer I respect. Thank you!
April 10th, 2013 at 7:41 pm
Aww, I love this! The photo included with this post is so perfect, too. Makes me smile just looking at it. 😀
April 12th, 2013 at 11:13 am
I was so excited when I found that pic – it perfectly expresses what I was trying to say!
April 12th, 2013 at 10:42 am
Congratulations on being Freshly Pressed!
April 12th, 2013 at 11:15 am
Thank you so much! I just glanced at my email and this comment was the first I heard of it! Totally undignified dancing ensued! 🙂
April 12th, 2013 at 10:51 am
Love this! Congrats on being FP! 🙂
April 12th, 2013 at 11:15 am
Thank YOU! I’m still kind of amazed…
April 12th, 2013 at 11:08 am
Beautiful
April 13th, 2013 at 9:46 am
Thank you!
April 12th, 2013 at 11:17 am
Your name… Firefly fan?
April 12th, 2013 at 11:34 am
Congrats! You’re the third person who’s figured it out in a year and a half. Yes, I’m a huge Firefly fan! Browncoat = superior taste and intelligence.
April 12th, 2013 at 11:53 am
Sorry, I posted my last reply about this comment being from me in the wrong spot. I am working on a couple different sites and they are all starting to blend in.
April 12th, 2013 at 2:08 pm
It happens to me too. The more tabs I have open, the more flustered I get. 😉
April 12th, 2013 at 11:25 am
So Extraordinary and awesome!.
April 12th, 2013 at 4:04 pm
Thank you. I appreciate the encouragement!
April 12th, 2013 at 5:18 pm
You will go far! http://www.segmation.wordpress.com
April 12th, 2013 at 11:30 am
This is beautiful! Obviously I don’t know your own personal meaning behind it, but it reminded me that I need to look at myself and become aware of all I can accomplish and push back the negative. I hope you keep writing such lovely works : )
April 12th, 2013 at 11:37 am
I love that you heard something personal to you. Thank you for sharing it with me!
I was considering my children and how they seem to reflect both the best and the worst of me, and yet somehow are their own. Also how I seem to do this for my parents. But there are mirrors everywhere in life!
April 12th, 2013 at 11:49 am
Hi, I actually left the comment about Firefly, I just forgot to log out of the other blog I was working on. It’s always great to find other fans out there, ain’t no power in the verse that can stop us!
April 12th, 2013 at 2:07 pm
Always good to find a fellow Browncoat!
April 12th, 2013 at 11:33 am
Love this, it makes me think of my niece who is going through an especially tough time.
April 12th, 2013 at 11:49 am
It’s so hard to watch the people we love struggle. I’m always biting back the urge to swoop in and “fix” especially when the road they’re heading down is familiar. Not sure where your niece is at, but praying she finds her way… that all of us do.
April 12th, 2013 at 12:04 pm
oh, sheer brilliance. loved it. congrats on being freshly pressed.
April 12th, 2013 at 4:03 pm
Thank you! You’re very encouraging!
April 12th, 2013 at 12:18 pm
Love it! Thanks for sharing this!! Sky
April 12th, 2013 at 4:03 pm
Thanks for taking the time to comment. Makes me smile!
April 12th, 2013 at 12:28 pm
This is a wonderful poem and the photo is perfect for it…. and the dance you did once you discovered your FPing I would imagine.
April 12th, 2013 at 4:00 pm
No one should imagine that dance… it wasn’t pretty. But joyful, for sure! I was tickled to find the perfect pic for this poem almost right away. Sometimes things just come together! And thanks!
April 12th, 2013 at 12:47 pm
I really enjoyed reading this, and that means something, I’m usually not into poetry! 🙂
April 12th, 2013 at 3:59 pm
High praise then. Thank you!
April 12th, 2013 at 1:43 pm
A very cool poem
April 12th, 2013 at 4:03 pm
Thanks very much. 🙂
April 12th, 2013 at 1:47 pm
That was beautiful! That’s how I see my daughter, too. Congratulations on being Freshly Pressed! 🙂
April 12th, 2013 at 4:02 pm
Thanks! We pour so much of ourselves, not just the genetics, into them. They can’t help but look a little bit like us, for better and for worse.
April 12th, 2013 at 3:44 pm
I absolutely love it! Amazing 🙂
April 12th, 2013 at 4:52 pm
Running out of ways to say thank you, but I really mean it!
April 12th, 2013 at 3:56 pm
resonating!!
April 12th, 2013 at 4:51 pm
A single word = one of the best comments I’ve gotten. Thank you!
April 12th, 2013 at 9:02 pm
Some words are to deep for words…lol ❤
April 13th, 2013 at 9:21 am
Yes!
April 12th, 2013 at 4:02 pm
Today was my daughter’s birthday and I wrote for her, and here you wrote this beautiful poem that summed up so much I think when I look at her. Lovely words!
April 12th, 2013 at 4:49 pm
Thank you! I love the title of your blog and your birthday story was lovely. Three is one of my favourite ages! Happy Birthday little G!
April 12th, 2013 at 6:14 pm
This is great!!! Lovely poem!
April 13th, 2013 at 9:47 am
Thanks for the compliment!
April 12th, 2013 at 6:41 pm
Beautifully written
April 13th, 2013 at 9:47 am
Thank you!
April 12th, 2013 at 6:58 pm
Who are u dreaming to be??
It’s pretty:)
April 13th, 2013 at 9:21 am
Good question… I was mostly thinking of my children and their future, but it works for me too. At 37, I’m still not sure what I’ll be when I grow up! 😉
April 12th, 2013 at 7:08 pm
Love it, it’s beautiful
April 13th, 2013 at 9:48 am
Lovely encouragement. Thanks
April 12th, 2013 at 10:21 pm
Love this (and love the picture with it, which is what compelled me to click and discover your blog.) This poem takes me to a place of childhood dreams where nothing is impossible!
April 13th, 2013 at 9:22 am
That’s one of the best compliments I’ve gotten. Thank you!
April 13th, 2013 at 1:11 am
you’ve captured so sweetly our parental instinct, to teach, to shelter and the hope they inherit our better genes. a beautiful poem.
my 13 year old daughter has embraced her creativity, her slightly olive skin but is not quite sure about the little bump emerging on her classic Roman nose. hopefully, time might persuade her to beieve less in her mirror and a more in daddy’s sometimes wisdom.
congratulations, these words deserved a wider audience.
April 13th, 2013 at 9:24 am
Beautifully said! My almost 11 year old is the one who can’t see her own beauty these days and it’s killing me. She’s such a better version of me and so amazing. I’m trying to make her see it. These pre/early teen years are tough.
Thank you!
April 13th, 2013 at 9:46 am
you are very welcome.
it might take some time but your love and wisdom will prevail.
have a wonderful day.
April 13th, 2013 at 1:47 am
Reblogged this on Lost countdown..
April 13th, 2013 at 9:34 am
Thanks for the reblog. I’m honoured!
April 13th, 2013 at 3:05 am
Nice Poetry! Love the subject. Mirror mirror on the wall . 🙂
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April 13th, 2013 at 9:48 am
The kids are the fairest ones of all…
April 13th, 2013 at 3:27 am
nicely done.. great job..
April 13th, 2013 at 9:49 am
Thanks!
April 13th, 2013 at 4:26 am
Beautiful words! Thanks for sharing them.
April 13th, 2013 at 9:49 am
Thanks for taking the time to comment – it’s very encouraging!
April 13th, 2013 at 4:27 am
Reblogged this on Live, Laugh, Love.
April 13th, 2013 at 9:38 am
Thanks for reblogging! You have some cool things on your site!
April 16th, 2013 at 9:12 pm
Thank you 🙂
April 13th, 2013 at 5:50 am
Genius!
April 13th, 2013 at 9:50 am
Good taste 😉
Thanks for the lovely compliment!
April 13th, 2013 at 7:52 am
Wow this is really good! Loved it 🙂
April 13th, 2013 at 9:50 am
I appreciate your words. Really makes me smile!
April 13th, 2013 at 8:32 am
I know dancing is a good therapy. Fiona Osborn
April 13th, 2013 at 9:42 am
Well said Fiona Osborn!
April 13th, 2013 at 8:37 am
Reblogged this on thatjemaikhaaagirl's Blog and commented:
Little mirror, little me.
April 13th, 2013 at 9:43 am
Thanks for reblogging, it is much appreciated!
April 13th, 2013 at 8:58 am
Awesome! Little Me – that actually is & Little Mirror – that wish to be…
April 13th, 2013 at 9:44 am
I like that remix! It’s fascinating to hear your interpretation! Thanks for sharing!
April 13th, 2013 at 9:32 am
LOVE he photo!!!! 🙂
April 13th, 2013 at 9:45 am
It was a great find at exactly the right moment!
April 13th, 2013 at 9:40 am
Genius 😉
Great concept, great portryal
April 13th, 2013 at 9:51 am
Thank you! I appreciate your encouragement!
April 13th, 2013 at 12:43 pm
I love this poem, sometimes it’s so hard and other times so thrilling to watch our children experiencing life’s moments for the first time, especially when we see so much of ourselves in them.
April 13th, 2013 at 3:03 pm
Exactly! That’s just what I was trying to say!
April 13th, 2013 at 2:47 pm
So beautiful…Brought tears to my eyes. I so agree with you, there are mirrors of us everywhere and the children in our lives reflect us so strongly! I’ve actually had very similar thoughts, though not near as eloquent as your poem. =) Many congratulations on being FP… much deserved!!
April 13th, 2013 at 3:04 pm
Thank you so much! You definitely “heard” me. And that’s cool!
April 13th, 2013 at 4:02 pm
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April 13th, 2013 at 5:39 pm
Beautiful
April 13th, 2013 at 8:57 pm
Thanks!
April 13th, 2013 at 6:29 pm
Very lovely poem! I quite enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing 🙂
April 13th, 2013 at 8:57 pm
Thank you. I appreciate your comment.
April 13th, 2013 at 11:28 pm
[…] little mirror, little me. […]
April 14th, 2013 at 12:24 am
Great poem! Love the pic too! Congrats on Freshly Pressed!
April 14th, 2013 at 6:43 am
Thanks!
April 14th, 2013 at 12:55 am
It is beautiful…
April 14th, 2013 at 6:44 am
Much appreciated!
April 14th, 2013 at 2:50 am
Very inspiring and impressive 🙂
April 14th, 2013 at 6:45 am
Very encouraging. Thanks
April 14th, 2013 at 5:04 am
I’m a mom to two mirrors and it’s very hard not to push them in the direction I want them to go, so they don’t make all my mistakes. I know that I have to let them spread their own wings and fly their own course and the only thing I can do is be the wind to guide them. As best as I can, I teach them the right things now and hope they make the right decisions later. Thank you for sharing this poem. It’s beautiful and I can absolutely relate.
April 14th, 2013 at 6:51 am
Well said. I think parenting involves a lot of faith, not just in God, but that what we’ve taught them is going to make a difference. Maybe that’s why most of us parents are such worriers. It was so much easier when I only had to worry about me.
April 14th, 2013 at 5:11 am
Reblogged this on Glamourous blues of the Immature mind and commented:
“When I look at you
I see myself
undone…
potential untapped
brilliance undiscovered
creativity unexplored
vacuum sealed in the
cellophane of childhood.”
A deep poem and conversation with yourself , totally worth a read.
April 14th, 2013 at 5:12 am
I am so grateful to you to post such a beautiful poem , its just amazing in words i cant describe and the deep meaning in it..
April 14th, 2013 at 6:52 am
Thank you so much for the encouraging comment AND for reblogging this!
April 14th, 2013 at 9:22 am
🙂 I m glad that your happy!
April 14th, 2013 at 5:37 am
The image is great, containing a surplus of meaning. Thanks for the words, “the stark honesty of an
undiluted soul.”
April 14th, 2013 at 6:52 am
That’s my favourite phrase too. Thanks!
April 14th, 2013 at 6:42 am
great work awesome blog God Bless
April 14th, 2013 at 6:52 am
Thank you!
April 14th, 2013 at 7:11 am
Love this like I love my daughter and hope to grow up to be just like her, one day. 🙂
April 14th, 2013 at 2:41 pm
Sweet! There’s so much we can learn from our littles.
April 14th, 2013 at 9:39 am
I like it!!! A lot!
April 14th, 2013 at 2:42 pm
Thank you! A lot!! 🙂
April 14th, 2013 at 9:59 am
This is wonderful! I recently started a post with similar intent and am tickled to come across your post. It’s like you read my mind. Just so beautifully true and wonderful!
April 14th, 2013 at 2:46 pm
Thank you! I just love your latest post on this! “Be a student of life and life will bring you teachers.” So true!
April 14th, 2013 at 5:44 pm
Thanks! I look forward to following you and reading more! I just love connecting with other Mommas!
April 17th, 2013 at 12:07 pm
Ditto!
April 14th, 2013 at 12:55 pm
This was brilliantly funny!
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April 14th, 2013 at 2:47 pm
Thank you! That’s very sweet!
April 14th, 2013 at 5:58 pm
Nice cadence!
April 17th, 2013 at 12:07 pm
Thank you. That means a lot for a newbie poet! 🙂
April 14th, 2013 at 7:54 pm
The last word desctibe this poem. Extraordinary.
April 17th, 2013 at 12:06 pm
Lovely compliment. Appreciate it!
April 15th, 2013 at 4:37 am
loved this! Very delicate choice of composition and poem, a perfect match! Congratulations and will reblog it to brighten up my page 🙂
April 17th, 2013 at 12:06 pm
Thank you so much!
April 15th, 2013 at 9:29 am
❤
April 15th, 2013 at 3:39 pm
I enjoyed this poem! Thanks for sharing it! Come check mine out 🙂
April 17th, 2013 at 1:56 pm
I like it – “beauty isn’t so rare here” indeed.
April 19th, 2013 at 7:03 am
Thank you!
April 15th, 2013 at 5:55 pm
Reblogged this on madscientizm.
April 17th, 2013 at 12:03 pm
Appreciate the reblog!
April 15th, 2013 at 6:08 pm
Reblogged this on lylescottlee.
April 17th, 2013 at 12:02 pm
Thank you for the reblog!
April 17th, 2013 at 3:45 pm
You’re welcome! I particularly liked the photograph of what I interpreted as pristine exuberance.
April 17th, 2013 at 8:36 pm
It’s such a great photo – I like your description. I was thrilled to find it. Makes me wish I was a better photographer.
April 17th, 2013 at 10:38 am
Marvelous!
April 17th, 2013 at 1:17 pm
A fabulous poem. What flow! I love it.
April 17th, 2013 at 8:34 pm
Thank you!
April 18th, 2013 at 9:58 pm
This is such a beautiful poem. I was just today writing and thinking about the love I have for other people simply because I can see pieces of myself in them. This poem is great 🙂
April 19th, 2013 at 1:40 pm
Thank you. It’s something special when that part of us finds its match in another person!
April 19th, 2013 at 11:39 am
Some beautiful and elegant writing style there! Congrats on being Pressed. Keep it up! Cheers, Sam
April 19th, 2013 at 1:42 pm
Thanks for the encouragement! I love you blog name – we’re really into Dr Suess around here. Sam I Am are some of the first words my daughter read.
April 19th, 2013 at 2:20 pm
Oh thank you! Glad you’re enjoying it. Yes, you can’t beat the Dr Suess books! My daughter loves then and I love reading them. Sam
April 20th, 2013 at 6:43 am
Reblogged this on The Crayonmixer.
April 20th, 2013 at 7:53 am
Thanks for the reblog!
April 20th, 2013 at 8:00 am
Sure thing 🙂
April 20th, 2013 at 1:54 pm
I downright adore this and can’t pinpoint on exactly how or why but feel like I completely relate to it. Poetry is a very hard thing to do well without getting overly flowery or melodramatic, and this poem is just perfection.
April 22nd, 2013 at 11:15 am
Thank you so much! I worry that most of my poetry (and yes, poetry in general) is WAY too sappy and melodramatic (which is why most of it stays in my journal), so I really appreciate this comment!
April 22nd, 2013 at 10:01 pm
No, not sappy at all, especially because the poem rings very true. The few times I’ve tried poetry it was the hardest thing. It would either come out completely “this has been done” or I would just be too embarrassed to chance showing it to anyone. I admire anyone who can write really great poetry and make it work. And wee, that’s you!
April 21st, 2013 at 9:58 am
You’re a great poet! Keep on writing and inspiring other people. These are poems that I really love.
April 22nd, 2013 at 11:16 am
Thank you, what a lovely compliment!
April 22nd, 2013 at 11:37 am
🙂 You’re welcome, it just feels good to appreciate people who have the talent to tough other people’s lives. I’ve learned that in school, during my ‘practice teaching’ days. And the way my students smile at those simple words made me realize that people should be appreciated with the things they love to do. 🙂 Have a great day!
April 21st, 2013 at 7:58 pm
Reblogged this on voicelesssoulsdotorg and commented:
the many people who read this will enjoy this just as much as I did.
April 22nd, 2013 at 11:18 am
Thank you! I’m honoured to be reblogged on your site. It is such an important thing you are doing – speaking up for those whom evil would silence! Keep fighting that good fight!
April 22nd, 2013 at 7:11 am
Love the photo
April 22nd, 2013 at 11:19 am
Can’t take credit, other than finding it on freeshare (wylio.com) – isn’t it awesome!
April 22nd, 2013 at 11:47 pm
heart it ❤
April 23rd, 2013 at 11:04 am
Thanks 🙂
April 23rd, 2013 at 5:29 pm
Ahh this is fantastic!
April 24th, 2013 at 8:41 pm
Thank you!
May 2nd, 2013 at 4:43 pm
Amazingly written of what I see in the mirror.
May 4th, 2013 at 8:18 am
We all see something different…
May 3rd, 2013 at 6:31 am
[…] little mirror, little me – was written in the car on the way home from Portland. I was thinking about my girls, especially C. I constantly see myself in them, in their strengths and their weaknesses. It is both gratifying and terrifying. […]
May 13th, 2013 at 2:46 am
Reblogged this on youngfille.
June 18th, 2013 at 11:15 pm
Reblogged this on Lil Misti's Random Raucous.
December 30th, 2013 at 6:00 am
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