"mirror, mirror on the wall who's the fairest of them all"
i see my reflection
is it broken i'm not pretty my eyes are too narrow my legs are too long my stomach is too big from dinner how could i possibly be fair
"mirror, mirror on the wall who's the fairest of them all" i repeat it over and over but the image remains angry i swing my fists and along with the shattered pieces my reflection falls to the floor
i slump to the ground "why won't you work" i cry then i look at the mirrored fragments my reflection no longer there
on a slim piece near my hand there's a reflection of a young girl she's moving but her eyes are closed she travels using only four senses she has lost the fifth the young girl stumbles and flails her arms she cannot see for she is blind
she would be grateful for a set of working eyes no matter how narrow
on a long piece near my knee there's a reflection of a young man he's in a moving wheelchair when it stops the young man lifts himself out using only his hands the young man has no legs for he had just come home from war
he would be grateful for two legs no matter how long
on a wide piece near my hip there's a child a child whose skin is tight around his bones no meat to keep him warm for he hasn't eaten in days weeks maybe months
that boy would **** to have his stomach big from dinner
unprivileged persons litter on the shattered pieces blindness starvation deafness illness disorders it's there it's real
i piece back the mirror and seal the cracks with glue 'mirror, mirror on the wall who's the fairest of the all" i ask again when i see myself i nod