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girl in the mirror

June 11, 2018
By this_unflower PLATINUM, Lincoln, Rhode Island
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Favorite Quote:
i will never understand<br /> why you held me<br /> if you were afraid of warmth<br /> <br /> you should have known<br /> i was fire<br /> <br /> - Rupi Kaur , the sun and her flowers

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I asked her why her cheeks were wet,

her eyes all red,

her wrists like a thousand small river beds.

I asked her

and she stared at me

we touched finger tips

against the mirror

Her skin felt like cool, hard glass

I wiped my cheeks

she did the same

but smeared blood across her face

I left

and she did too


Maybe she'll talk tomorrow

 

When I returned she had changed

as if something was eating her alive

her face had sunken

dark doll eyes caved in

with lips like fragile glass, hers, were splitting open

I wanted to understand

 

"Where does it hurt?" I whispered

"Where does it hurt?" she echoed

 

Her shoulders slumped

the reflection of defeat

"Everywhere."

© Heather W., No., Brunswick, NJ

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