Poem - Stoning the Mirror

[Sara V Schmidt]

A poem Victor wrote in response to someone who didn't like hearing the truth about themselves - January 2011:

Stoning the Mirror

Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
Wherever did you get your gall?
I’m not guilty of such things at all!
Mirror, mirror, take a fall!


I have a different image in my mind,
Of myself that’s much more kind;
A finer person you’ll never find.
Surely, mirror, you are blind!


Mirror, mirror, full of lies,
What you show me, I despise;
What I see, my heart denies,
Things not fit for holy eyes!


Who holds this mirror before my face?
I find your judgment cruel and base.
Is your agenda my disgrace?
You need to learn and take your place.


I will now even the score;
I will escape what I abhor.
Crash goes the mirror to the floor,
A false impression to give no more.


Now I live but shattered dreams.
There is no longer peace, it seems,
Only eyes full of beams,
A state no decent being esteems.


Victor Hafichuk

[Marina Carnat]

I like it a lot: simple and clear, but at the same time - profound!

[Terri Cabreros]

Wow...awesome poem. Reality

[Joyce Wentworth]

Yes, truth spoken!
Sure impossible to run from a mirror's reflection, as much as I've wanted to, and tried to, so many times. An eye-opener!
Joyce Wentworth

[Simon Mwebaze]

Yes, the reality of who I am and want to do. It also shows God's grace to me and all by keeping us from walking away (no free will) after seeing who we truly are in part.