Mirror, Mirror In Us All

Ken Pullen  –  copyright 2011

Mirror, mirror in us all
reversal of what we think
leading us to fall

Those speaking the truth
are called liar

The liars are believed
those able to perceive
are called reactionary
while the blind
are called visionary
leading the majority
to a great fall

The mirror, mirror
cracked, shattered, splintered
within us all
we fail to realize
before the reversed images in our
eyes
what we contend
is pretend
what most follow
will lead most to fall
they are deaf to the call of truth
yet hear, respond, run
to every lie

Just as in a mirror
where everything is reversed
we live in a backward, confused
world
where the illusions, lies are well
rehearsed
spoken boldly enough
with enough conviction
even the liars fall and believe their own
fiction

Those foretelling
are called crazy, ancient, out of touch
reactionary
while those ignorant
refusing to heed
are given the reins to lead
their vision consisting
of darkness leading blindness
into a void
if any light of truth enters
into
the vacuum of their darkness
they ignore, become annoyed
like blind bats
exiting in a pitch black cave
that is the mountain of dung
they’ve built collapsed
if some light were let in
they don’t possess the sense of vision
most have become a slave
to the mirror

Everything they cling to
actually the reverse of what they
think
and its why this world now
hangs upon the brink

Don’t blink
for you may lose sight
of yourself in the splintered mirror
of your life
and have to look away
into the glare of reality
and not be hypnotized in the convex
banality
the reversed view
upon view
upon view
upon view
into infinity
comprising the foundation of life
called insanity

Peer
come near
the broken mirror
and continue in reversal
for this is no dress rehearsal
this is real
life
and the shards will cut like a knife
and perhaps
not until the burn of opened flesh
the blood begins to flow
will you finally know
and come to realize
all before your eyes
what you’ve been fed
how you’ve filled up your head
creating billions of walking dead
is actually the reverse of what you’ve
been
[mis]led
to believe
they mold and sculpt exactly what they want you
to perceive
mirror
gazing into reversed image
mirror
upon mirror
upon mirror
upon mirror
each reflection
refraction
distraction
removing more and more
from any truth coming near
hypnotized by the
shattered stare
of their own blank dead eyes
so many lost
so many refuse to realize
what they think they know
what they’ve been told
what they cling to
and hold
is in truth
the exact opposite
if they’d only pull their gaze
from their constant haze
and get up from where they sit
and walk into the acknowledgment
of
mirror
mirror
on the wall
mirror
mirror
in us all
keeping us distracted
deluded
convoluting
real meanings
for what so many gaze upon
in belief
is actually the reverse of what they
think
and their perpetual gaze
into their own mirror will never bring any
relief