Only Footsteps In The Snow(For Lyn) Poem by Dónall Dempsey

Only Footsteps In The Snow(For Lyn)

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You can tell me:
'Well, it's a face..? '

'But, whose...I'm not
so sure? '

Your reflection
smiles awkwardly

as if embarassed
it should know

...the you...of you.

A mirror caught
in another mirror

traps your words

leaving you stranded
in a dimension

other
than here.

() .

Your beauiful
caligraphy

falter...then.. fails


your hand

lost in the wilderness

of a page

the words
losing their minds

script degenerates
to gibberish

you become only
footsteps in the snow

a chill Alzhiemer's wind

cries through
the ruins of you

your face
in the mirror

more real
than the real

...you?

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Onelia Avelar 26 October 2008

This is so poignant and true observation... 'you become only footsteps in the snow a chill Alzhiemer's wind cries through the ruins of you'...

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Scarlett Treat 23 October 2008

What a lovely birthday gift for me! A look at my 'true' self, 'more real...than the real me? ' I love it! S.

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Dónall Dempsey

Dónall Dempsey

Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare, Eire.
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