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Hall of Mirrors

Deviation Actions

hypnothalamus

Published: Mar 30, 2013

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Literature Text

Every time I turned an inner eye
all I could see were infinite reflections of myself
in cold mirrors
with no flaws

But now I've started to replace each mirror
with an image
of you
and I smile
each time I turn
an inner eye

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inspired by Kraftwerk's Hall of Mirrors (an amazing piece, a sound and word metaphor) : [link]

and this is a translation in German (with help from a friend) since the original by Kraftwerk is also in German
Spiegelsaal

Jedes Mal, wenn ich meinen Blick nach innen wandte
sah ich nur unendliche Spiegelungen meiner selbst
in kalten Spiegeln,
makellos

doch jetzt habe ich begonnen
jeden Spiegel
mit einem Bild
von dir
zu ersetzen

und ich lächle
jedes Mal,
wenn ich meinen Blick
nach innen wende