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EKPHRASTIC POETRY (GIRL IN THE MIRROR)


STANDING, LOOKING AT ME VULNERABLE, TRYING TO ACCEPT WHAT I SEE THE REFLECTION DECEIVING ME IS THIS TRUE, I THINK ARE U SEEING THE REAL YOU TAKE A DEEP BREATH THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE THINK ABOUT EVERYTHING BENEATH THOUGH I'M TRYING, I CAN NOT ACCEPT FOR I SEE NOTHING BUT FLAWS AND REGRET WHY? WHY DO I SEE SUCH MY HAIR IS BLONDE, THOUGH I WANT IT BLACK MY EYES, SHAPED LIKE A CAT I'VE DONE THINGS I'M NOT PROUD OF I KNOW THE GOD ABOVE IS SHAKING HIS HEAD SEEING FLASHES OF BLOODSHOT RED THE PAST IS THE PAST WHICH I'M GLAD DIDN'T LAST HERE I AM STARING AT ME LOOKING AT THE MIRROR FINALLY LOVING WHAT I SEE AND ACCEPTING ME FOR ME I FINALLY LOVE THE GIRL IN THE MIRROR THAT'S BEFORE ME PERFECTION DOESN'T EXIST AND NEITHER DOES THE PAST PERCEPTION OF THE REFLECTION UPON ME THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
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