The Mirror

The mirror is her enemy,

she avoids it when she can.

Everyone says she's beautiful,

but she disagrees. 

She hate's seeing herself in the mirror,

every time she runs. 

She thinks she's fat,

she says she's ugly. 

Under chocolate hair and pool of emerald eyes,

lies a princess waiting to burst out. 

Her friends don't make her feel any better,

no one understands her. 

She seems to be slipping and only wants to fail. 

One day she wants to look at her self and smile,

not have to worry about what others say. 

So what if she's different everyone is.

She wants to be the best,

she wants to be pretty. 

No one ever tells her that without her asking,

all she asks is for someone to notice. 

She feels as though as it keeps her from shinning,

and it very might. 

When it comes to boys she's self conscious,

do they think I'm pretty or ugly? 

She'll never be a size 0,

she's gotta understand she's beautiful the way she is. 

One day she'll look at herself in the mirror,

and the person in it will smile back at her. 

I am beautiful, she'll say.

I am.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Hardest part of a life is to like the person we see in the mirror. Poem is amazing. Your description and story made the story seem real and powerful. A excellent poem. Thank you.
Coyote

[St.Jimmy]

This poem shows that how a girl expects someone to notice her beauty without her asking and starts thinking gradually that she's not beautiful. However she realizes that she's beautiful in her own way!
Really enjoyed reading your poem
Great job!

[The Water Queen]

This reminds me of how hard it is to be the anorexic that I am. You show how hard it is to accept ones self and how they always want to be perfect. Amazing read. Amazing piece.

[Joe]

This is a great poem. It is very true: It takes us all a while to realize we are all beautiful in our own ways. Great write!

[Rasha]

I love it Karina.
The writing flows verry nicely.
-Rasha x
P.S. Plz review my book, prologue x