Facing The Mirror

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What do you see when you face yourself in the mirror? Shraddhanvita asks a provocative question through verse.

Have you seen yourself
in the mirror? Have you
observed your face?

The mole hills on 
the tip of your nose
or the valleys of 
blackheads?

Premenstrual pimples
trying to break out 
your forehead’s prison;
pockmarked, concave
memories of months past,



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