she looks into the mirror
tracing the flaws on her face
like her crooked nose
and her chapped lips

she puts her hand
on top of her reflection
trying to avoid the image
in the glass

she follows the outskirts
of the mirror's edge
noticing tiny words
scribbled in the corner

she glances at them
reading the words carefully
as she says them out loud
and comes to a sudden realization

"reflections in the mirror may be distorted
by socially constructed ideas of beauty"