Mirrors

• Lucy Barker, Grade 11
• Poetry
• 2014

The mirror shows us a face
A beautiful face, the face of a woman
But often, we do not like it.
We push, we prick, we pull
We rub, we adjust, we apply
We are forever trying to change it.

If we step back from our mirrors, we see ourselves
We see what others see and what they don't see
We see what we are.

Beautiful women.

The first thing we should do
Before we are corrupted
Is see our beauty for what it really is.
Beauty is strength, care, sensibility
Beauty is love, support, happiness
To see this beauty, we must step back from our mirrors.