Stuck on Self

Stuck on Self

(posted for the A to Z Challenge)

S is for Sage, Stuck and Self.

Stuck on Self

The sage says a glass never lies,

But I think it may improvise.

How looks may deceive

All we do perceive.

When focused with I’s and not eyes.

For how can we know what is true,

If egos disguise all we view?

We glance, but see not,

All others forgot,

If seldom ourselves we see through.

Image:

Young Girl Singing into a Mirror

by Jean-Etienne Liotard

18th Century

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