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Reflections of Resilience

May 11, 2023
By Anonymous

In shades of blue and crimson red 

I sit beside my old self 

Our hands entwined by a thread 

Connecting the past 


I gaze at myself with scissors in lap 

A surreal image of my painful gut 

A reflection of my inner bout 


The sky gray and bleak 

The echoes of agony from the past 

Yet I remain strong and meek 


A testament to my suffering

A reflection of my pain and strife 

A symbol of hope through the persistence of life 


The author's comments:

Ekphrastic Poem influenced by Frida Khalo's painting of "The Two Fridas"


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