Teen Seen In My Mirror

Kathleen Collins Hussey
2 min readFeb 1, 2024

There was a time when naivete’ simply oozed from every pore,

of the teen seen in my mirror, a shame she’s not there anymore.

She thought it’d be so easy, no problem, to be damn happy one day,

‘til reality hit,

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Kathleen Collins Hussey

At 63 I feel 36 (in my head) & my body feels 96. Thrice wed, very vocal widow of 13 yrs. & I say & "do what I want" (Cartman). The lion in me never retreats.