What I See in Me

Cocoa eyes 

Cocoa nose 

Cocoa lips 

Painted onto a cocoa face

When I look in the mirror I see:

Tall

Dark 

Lovely 

Me

Graceless 

Ageless

Youthful

I have yet to unlock Pandora's box of life 

Look on me and be 

Inspired 

Hopeful 

Renewed

Cocoa eyes 

Cocoa nose 

Cocoa lips 

Painted onto a cocoa face

When I look in the mirror I see:

Eyes that bore through the soul

 Divulging the secrets of the unknown

Mysterious 

I am the 8th World Wonder

When I look in the mirror I see:

Lips 

Whose movement regardless

Of expression

Of emotion

Portray a dancer

The words slip through like spilled milk

When I look in the mirror I see: 

Skin

Chestnut 

Chocolate 

Coffee bean

Skin

I am as dark as night

Lovely as life

When I look in the mirror I see:

Hair 

Strange 

Stubborn as a woman 

Struck with age

Kinky and curly 

As short as can be

It is beautiful

Naturally

Cocoa eyes 

Cocoa nose 

Cocoa lips 

Painted onto a cocoa face 

When I look in the mirror I see:

Tall 

Dark 

Beautiful 

Me

I am Natural

Onyx skinned 

Me 

Lovely 

What do you see?