Reflection on Reflections

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Reflections on Reflections


Raindrops race paths down glass,
each one a fleeting thought,
a moment suspended,
the world outside blurred,
colors bleeding and warping into one another,
a messy watercolor of memories.

Faces pass,
ghosts of strangers,
their stories hidden in downpour,
each reflection a mere whisper,
a shadowy fragment of lives intertwined,
light lost in rhythms of rain.

My own shadow watches me,
a quiet observer,
caught between inside and outside,
the warmth of shelter,
the chill of the storm,
a reminder of beauty in transience.

In this stillness,
I find clarity,
world reduced to droplets,
each one a reminder,
that even in watery gray,
there is depth, there is life.

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This reflective piece shared with DVerse Poets.

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©2025 Christopher Reilley 

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  1. Love the wise reminder in the end... maybe sitting by the water is something we should do more

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  2. I like how raindrops inspired this reflection. How sometimes we simply need to stop and observe.

    "In this stillness,
    I find clarity,
    world reduced to droplets,"

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  3. I love how you began with raindrops, Chris, ‘each one a fleeting thought, a moment suspended’, ‘a messy watercolor of memories’, which then lead to faces and ‘ghosts of strangers’. I also love the idea of being ‘caught between inside and outside, the warmth of shelter, the chill of the storm’.

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  4. Chris, I like how you step outside of yourself and observe and it helps you to obtain clarity.

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