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Frankie Quinn with a poem from his book Open Gates.

Mirror

I don’t know you
Why do you stare?
Your eyes, they’re empty.
♞♜♝
Ah yes I know you now
- SMASH -
Fuck it, I can’t bring myself
To look at you.
Don’t dare condemn me
I wasn’t there, when you
Killed me.
♞♜♝
My head, it’s too heavy for
This, I am only a child
Please hold my reflection; it’s escaping.

⏩ Frankie Quinn is a former republican prisoner who is now a community activist. He is the author of Open Gates, a book of poetry.   

Mirror

Frankie Quinn with a poem from his book Open Gates.

Mirror

I don’t know you
Why do you stare?
Your eyes, they’re empty.
♞♜♝
Ah yes I know you now
- SMASH -
Fuck it, I can’t bring myself
To look at you.
Don’t dare condemn me
I wasn’t there, when you
Killed me.
♞♜♝
My head, it’s too heavy for
This, I am only a child
Please hold my reflection; it’s escaping.

⏩ Frankie Quinn is a former republican prisoner who is now a community activist. He is the author of Open Gates, a book of poetry.   
Frankie Quinn Poetry

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