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Question: What is your opinion of this "Mirror #2" pome!?
Mirror #2

From the mirror speaks my Mother
saying, ‘So, you understand!?
You don’t get it, you must smother
all those hopes or you’ll crash-land!.”

Standing here in this dimension
I say, “No, it cannot be!.
Hope renewed is reinvention
tossing of all past debris!.”

Mother, daughter, we’re waging war
with the setting of the sun!.
Melded forever at the core
we know this war will not be won!.
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
The relationship between a parent and child of the same gender is always a little difficult!.

While the child loves the parent and the parent loves the child there is always something of a barrier!. It seems easier for a son to relate to his mother or a daughter to relate to her father!.

Wouldn't it be so much better if we could live and grow without those barriers!?

Elaine, you have told this very well in a way that does express the way we feel!. I lost my father when he was 56!. His ghost has not visited me much and I am now older than he was!. If we were together now perhaps I could advise him on how to live!.

But he will always be my father and I will always be his son!.
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My take on your poem:
The dialogue is internal!. The mother is a metaphor for all those ethical and moral values, and social conduct which ( the daughter) was taught and raised upon!. The struggle ( the dialogue) starts when the daughter finds or discovers her inner strength, talents, and/or abilities which may be (hindered) if the mother's scheme was taken in perspective!.
Its a war will never be won, for a compensation has to be made!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
Which one is the best of all!?
In this land where egos fall,
Elaine P!. is standing tall!.



Edit: I look in my mirror and I find I don't look like my mother or my father!. My grandmother used to tell me I looked like the milkman!. I finally found out my father had been the milkman!. Her attempt at humor!. Funny thing though, I don't see him when I look into the mirror, but I hear him every time I open my mouth to speak!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Great job of rhyming!. I knew you could do it if you tried hard!. You did try your best,Right!? {Laugh, Laugh}
EDIT:Dondi, My Mom used to tell me I looked like the milkman too, Except my Dad was not a milkman!. True StoryWww@QuestionHome@Com

I am the mirror image of my Mother - I inherited her good humour and bad hearing!.!.!.!.!.but I didn't marry my Father's mirror image, nor the opposite!.

You are firing on all poetic cylinders lately Elaine - well done!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I see my mother in the mirror, too!. I have to keep up the back talk, though, and remind myself to trust me!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

I guess like it or not, we are melded at the core!. I actually remember Mirror 1!. Liked it, and this one as well!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I read One and enjoyed, also enjoyed 2, waiting for No!.3!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

A few word choices would make this a poem instead of your reference to 'pome!.' Compliments on what you penned here!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Very deft!. Fathers and sons have the same exchange!.

Shouldn't the line read, "tossing off all past debris!?"Www@QuestionHome@Com

Sounds like a war I have with my mother!. Does that make this a universal poem!? One others can relate to!. Nice write!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Clever penning of the rift between some Moms and daughters!.Www@QuestionHome@Com