NESCIO

She gazes into
her own eyes.

Applies her make up
painstakingly

to her reflection
this "mirror her"

wearing the fuchsia lipstick
the cobalt blue eyeliner.

She steps out of
her reflection

leaving this made-up-person
trapped in glass.

She laughs.

"So, this is the me
that others...see?"

The door clicks shut.
Footsteps descend the stars.

She journeys to
the world

wearing only
her naked face.