Daily Dose of Poetry

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

I was looking at a mirror,
That seems to reflect,
The worst version of me.
I loathed it,
I loathed every inch of it.

But you said you loved it.
You loved every inch of me.

You said you loved my smile,
My eyes,
The way I crinkle my eyes.
My lips,
My brows,
The way I furrowed them.
Even the bags under my eyes,
You said you loved all of them.

You said you loved me.

And I started to love myself too.
Little by little,
I started to grow confident.

Every time I looked at the mirror,
I started to appreciate myself.
You taught me how to love myself.
You taught me how to love the sun.
The sun that showed me daylight
When I thought it will forever be night.

But, maybe,
I had loved the sun too much.
I love looking at it.
Even though it blinds me.
I love to touch it.
Even though it burns me,
And I know it hurts me.
But I love it.
I love it too much.

I was looking at a mirror,
A broken one.
It seems to reflect an image,
And I barely recognize it.


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Note: It's a lengthy one, I'm glad you made it thru :)...