![]() Just as an addict will never admit they haveĪ problem, so to many are vain and seek plastic surgery to try Perspective is needed to finally see what is really there and not We see differently through tear-filled eyes and often a change of Will forever be like the small fish, constantly waiting to be consumed by the terrible larger one. We are and until we see the true nature of who we are, then we We can deny we are aging but it doesn't change the fact that The mirrors at the circus in the fun house. ![]() Lake is changing and can alter what is reflected in it, much like The standard mirror can only reflect what is there, whereas a Just4u - To me the terrible fish would be denial and the lake the I am getting old now myself and understand the ending more. I was born in the year she died, and feel I have loved her poems since I was born! They speak more to me all the time. And I hear in the end a great fear of old age and death. What the mirror reflects is not the simple beauty the woman wants to see but a complex set of other images, more mysterious and more expressive of anxiety, sadness, and loss. The mirror interacts with this mature face in a more complex way, and the image of the woman's back, her agitation, her dependency on the mirror, all express anxiety and disappointment. ![]() The lake has a deep, dark, and complex inner world beneath its reflective surface, and is a far more complex and alive entity than a simple mirror. The mirror on the wall is a simple, literally flat image. I see a progression from youth, which has the naive idea of simple truth, to the more mature woman, who has seen faces and darkness come and go. I agree very much with the comment that the poem expresses disappointment. ![]()
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