Misleading Illusions

• Esther Nitafan, Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2009

I am adrift in a lake of vanity

Treading in shallow, poisonous waters

My reflection no longer deceives me

It reveals what I desire


Drowning in superficiality;

The forceful currents bring me satisfaction of my visual appearance

Flattery and compliments carry out the fatal torture

Beauty now the beast, cannot be tamed


The mirror was my sworn enemy; it glared back at me in disgust

Now it stares in admiration, it is my latest companion

Although, now, in my attempts to turn away,

I am captivated by its misleading Illusions


I long to be removed from the lake

For evil now sows and reaps within me

I have grown to worship material things

Sold to vanity, is my soul