The Mirror

Debra Reay
Dec 8, 2021

Reflections aglow

With unfazed beauty

And cracked reflections

Like tempered glass

A mirror image of

Her unstable stature

As she stands in

Admiration of

Her reflection

Seeing what others

May see differently

Who stares back

Is not who she really is

Photo Credit:Joeyy Lee Unsplash

This poem was written on Twitter as an entry into our weekly Move Me Poetry Battle. The prompt word was Mirror!

Here is the 1st of my 2 entries!

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Debra Reay

Writer, Poet and survivor of childhood abuse! Author of poem's~A Child Unloved, Soul Destroyed and more recently, The little girl in yellow bows.