It's when the shore vanishes in the distance
as your ship journeys into open water
It's when the last vestiges of the night sky concede
to the harsh rays of light from the dawning sun
It's when you've been walking through a desert for days
and you realize you're no longer treading on sand
It's looking at your face in the mirror
but no longer recognizing the reflection
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You write this?
Haha, yep.
What was the inspiration? (I'm guessing there may be lots...but narrow it down to one or two in particular, haha)
I looked at my face after I was done shaving and noticed I looked a little older than I used to.
That's really about it.
That's not what the poem is about, but that was the inspiration.
Haha, I didn't think it was about getting older (or shaving).
I took it as sometimes we do a bunch of little things in our lives that affect who we are as a person (the small changes), and that these small changes over time can add up and make us feel like a different a person, almost unknowingly (no longer recognizing the reflection).
Maybe I'm wrong...but that's the beauty of a poem.
I was thinking along the same lines when I was writing it.
For me it's about the sudden realization that things are completely different. It's sometimes hard to notice when something changes if it happens slowly, even if it would be obvious if the change happened quickly.
And you're right, it can mean whatever you want it to mean. That's what poems are about.
Do you still watch "How I Met Your Mother"?
I taped the season finale and watched it tonight, and the end reminded me a lot of your poem. It was along the lines that changes happen slowly and, over time, makes us into someone that's completely different than who we once were.
Haha, I did the same thing. I just finished watching it, and I thought the same thing.
It's the same idea. Only they used fancy words like doppelganger.
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