Better? And I kind of like appearance because of the tempo it gives.
Yes much better. I think that's some of what the poem is asking. Yes? No?might be severely navel gazing
Poetry is a good place to do it. Questions of identity are important (in my world anyway). Who am I? How do I come across to others? Can I change what I see in the mirror? Do I have a core sense of self that I carry with me? Am I lovable?
That's definitely a way to read it, and the thought definitely crossed my mind a few times when I was rereading sections while finishing it. In writing it I was thinking more about how when we get to know people intimately, there is a certain reflection of oneself visible in them. You can look at them, at their actions, into their eyes and empathize so completely that you become them, in a way.I think that's some of what the poem is asking. Yes? No?