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My mirror has seen many people,
Beautiful, happy people.
Stick thin, lovely people.
Then the mirror saw me,
The great mistake.
The mirror had wished to find somebody pretty, to stare at all day long.
Poor mirror, I feel sorry for it.
For the mirror was stuck with me now.
I don’t think my mirror’s very happy. The face reflecting back, is always crying
Poor mirror, why does it have such an upset face?
I wouldn’t have wanted to buy that mirror; its making me upset
because the mirror is now making the girl ugly
the girl itself is so ordinary, but the mirror twists things.
Poor mirror, making her appear so grotesque, poor girl.
I can see the girl much more clearly now,
Poor thing, she’s starving herself to death,
the mirror is going to ruin her one day
So I can understand why she’s so angry with the mirror now.
As I see her thrashing around,
screaming “why will the fat not go?”
I now feel empathy for the girl,
how can nobody notice her?
Any small imperfection on her tiny body is twisted into a horrible form.
The once happy girl, now suffering alone.
Well, not truly alone, at least she has her mirror.
The true cosmetic, the truthful one.
Oh, there is one matter I failed to mention,
the mirror?
Well not to worry, it can no longer cause any harm.
The girl?
Well she hated her reflection so much,
that she finally plucked out the courage.
She slaughtered the mirror,
She destroyed it and shattered the mirror into a thousand, shining, glass shards.
The glass marred into the poor girls defenceless body,
She always thought she had gotten rid of that treacherous mirror,
When she punched it with her own knuckles.
Little did she know, the mirror is always with her
Unknown to her, the shards are still inside of her
failing to ever get out.
The mirror left its mark on her, for she now possesses marred scars,
A constant reminder of her attempted murder.
When really?
All she did was blemish the appearance of the mirror
Because now, all the insides were now combined with her insides, as one.
So only now is she truly alone, All she has is herself
Oh, and the mirror. Poor mirror, stuck with a girl like her for eternity.
Poor girl! Never being rid of the mirror,
If only she had hidden the mirror away, or thrust it into the black lake,
Where she would never be able to find it again,

That’s a shame.
She could have had a chance back then,
but now?
She’s ruined her life.
The mirror ruined her life.
They both have each other now
Till death do US part.




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PIPS. said...
Jul. 7, 2010 at 9:32 am:
i think this is a very deep poem,,, are you thin? or anorexic?? sounds like it is a personal account of your daily struggles with the one and only, MIRROR!!!!!
 
PIPS. replied...
Jul. 15, 2010 at 12:20 pm :
i really don't know what your talking about...  who is this.. megan? and lydia... who is she?
 
Meliz replied...
Jul. 16, 2010 at 4:56 pm :
ugh give it up megan, my email just informed me u signed in as megan H so i know its you, look im not bovered or anything its just that, why are u pretending its not you?
 
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iluvnachoThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Jun. 22, 2010 at 3:06 pm:
This is very deep...very sad. It makes me want to cry because it's true. Kepp up your passion though, cuz you are very talented:D
 
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xcrayolaxstormx said...
Jun. 16, 2010 at 3:16 pm:
Wow, this was really deep. This is personal, I see. I don't know if it more dramatic that what really happened, or if it's accurate, but it's none of my buisness. I really liked it. I could sort of realte to it, also. You have a real talent. Keep writing, please :)
 
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