The Face in the Mirror

The Face in the Mirror 

The face in the mirror looked older than she felt
 and her inner woman seemed wiser

and infinitely more patient 
then she thought herself to be
 as another winter drifted by

 with it's cold mornings by the sunny window

 she gained a quiet acceptance of who she was
looking forward to the future and all it promised

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days, months, years passed 
as they have mind to do

and she found herself content 
with the quiet life she had created
 Although there were times

when her day-to-day existence became a struggle

 she faced life with a philosophical perspective 
that helped her to be optimistic about the future,

 patiently enduring of the present
 and quietly accepting of the past
 She was fasinated by the evolution

of her inner woman,
 proud of her unseen strengths

and now when she looked in the mirror 
it was not a stranger that she saw...

 it was the promise of the woman she would one day be;
sharonlee©