Mirror, Mirror On The Wall

• Charlotte Hughes, Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2019

Mirror, mirror on the wall
Why do you always lie?
You show me all my insecurities
You break me on the inside

I’m a slave in my own reflection
You only show me what’s skin deep
All the voices went me through thick and thin
I never want to awake from my sleep

Staring back at me are my scars and imperfections
The mirror on the wall makes happiness absent
What happened to that girl with the smile
This mirror was an accident

I’m escaping from this imprisonment
It’s time to persevere
Stop determining how beautiful I am
Mirror, mirror on the wall it’s time for you to disappear