Book of Poems

Beautiful

There once was a beautiful girl
Who had a beautiful mirror
And everyday the mirror would look at her
And say
'You are beautiful'
And everyday the girl smiled
Now this girl
Who was so beautiful
Who's skin as smooth porcelain
Eyes as bright as the north star
And smile so perfect and joyous
One day came to the mirror and asked
'Am i ugly?'
And immediately the mirror responded
'No, you are beautiful'
So the girl smiled again
But everyday the girl came back to the mirror with a different question
'Am i fat?'
'Am i annoying?'
'Am i bad?'
'Stupid'
'Mean'
'Weak'
'Poor'
'Slut'
And everyday they got worse
But everyday the mirror said
'You are beautiful'
Finally the girl looked at the mirror and asked
'How am i beautiful?'
And the mirror responded
'Because of your porcelain skin
Your bright eyes
And your joyous smile'
But by now the girl had covered her skin
Her eyes were dull and lifeless
And her smile was nowhere in sight
The mirror noticing these changes asked
'Why do you hide your skin?'
So the girl rolled up her right sleeve
Where cuts to many to count could be seen
So the mirror asked
'Why are your eyes so dull?'
And the girl wiped away her makeup to reveal the dark circles underneath
And the girl waited for the mirror to ask about her smile
But it never did
So the girl shattered the mirror
And she shattered with it
When people saw the shattered mirror
Each person picked up a single piece
And on the other side of every piece said
'You are beautiful'
And this made everyone who found a piece smiled with joy at the statement
But soon they all realized that the mirror wasn't that but a picture
So one by one they put it together
Finally they see the face of a girl
Though this girl didn't have
Porcelain skin
Bright eyes
Or a perfect and joyous smile
And they realized that she was still beautiful
But the thing that was most beautiful about her was nowhere to be seen
The pieces that filled in the hole where her heart belonged was missing
Too shattered to put together
And to broken to even see