Reflections (option #2)--Reflection Cycle

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Shattered glass.
Scattered image.

Broken mirror.

In your self-portrait,
fill missing pieces
that glue reused to hole.

That last line is sort of confusing

Find the scatter glass,

Is "scatter glass" what it's called? That rings a bell.

wishing these fragments of pain were plastic
so the bruises don't begin to bleed.---

I like this. Though I've cut myself with plastic before. And bleeding bruises is a pretty image.



But it stains.
No matter the heavy tears,
it still can't be washed out.

And this shattered image
masks the thornes
that hurt the closet living thing.

I think it's "thorns". I'm intrigued by the idea of the closet-living thing. And a little anxious about it.


Gradually becoming more defensive,
the thrornes thrive.

Typo: "thorns".

No one can get to the center.

Can't get it right.

Forever lost.

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Oh "refused to hold".

And I got ahead of your last edit.

Thanks for your response!! Do the lines make more sense now that I fixed the typos ("hole" to "hold") and ("scatter glass" to "scattered glass")? And do you have any sugestions on how I could better L8 and L9 to portray the idea of the plastic being less abrasive or painful than the glass (or is there a difference and should I find another object, like rubber)?