15 responses to “Carpe Diem Haiku – Mirror and longing”

1. Too true, my friend. Especially in daylight or florescent light. Arrrgh. But it’s okay. We’ve earned every wrinkle and scar.

   • There are always people that cannot accept this.. most of us see benefits as well.

2. a sudden anger and the mirror breaks..

   • and 7 years of sorrow follow

3. Seven years of ‘bad luck’ caught in a masterpiece. Chapeau!

4. Longing for beauty…And for the youth… Masterpiece, I agree

5. The reality of truth hurts us as human beings.

   I love this haiku. 🙂

   I am back! and I just posted my new poem in a long time. Check it out…:)

6. that mirror simply would not do such a thing. And for that reason, I laughed out loud. A fun piece.

7. ha. if i break the mirror, its probably telling the truth…smiles…
   with age comes a different beauty….

8. Ha! Speak for yourself! (Of course I am joking!). Agh! K.

9. ha – beauty is surely a fading thing – but sometimes acceptance grows with age…smiles

10. I will agree. There are benefits that come with aging. If you live long enough, you gain knowledge and outlive all your enemies. 🙂 Of course we all know the alternative to aging. 😦

    Susan 🙂

11. ah! finally break and “truth” reveals 🙂

12. Reminds me of the fairy tale with the magic mirror…Show White?

13. Truth can be hard to accept!

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