Mirror, Mirror
- Half Papyrus

- Jul 9, 2020
- 2 min read
"Mirror, mirror, on the wall, Look at me,
standing across from thee, And the truth
be told to me, Who is the most beautiful
of us all?", I ask of the mirror, Standing
so tall, With it's ancient golden rims, And
an array of the most refined whims. I
admire my fragile beauty, And the
lusciousness I see. I fold my polished
fingers, Around the comb, And run it
through my hair, so smooth, The color of
shining timber. Before my very eyes, I
see the mirror, coming to life, With an
aura of charismatic strife, And then I hear
its voice. "Oh mere one, I look at thy, And
the beauty that I spy, Is one that no one
dare dislike.", My painted lips spread
open in a smile.
"Though I wilt tell you, It is no question at all. Doth
what thee may choose to do, But thou shalt never be
the most beautiful of us all.". The comb slips out of
my hand, And lands on the floor. Glaring at the
mirror, I stand, And roar, "Then thou shalt enlighten
me, Who is it that thee so adore? Who is the most
beautiful of us all?", The mirror lets out a sigh, And
says, "It is I. I am the most beautiful of us all.", Torn in
anguish, I ask, "Why?", "Because all the beauty of the
world, Inside me, I carry, That is why, my child, I am
the most beautiful of us all.". At that, I laugh. I stretch
out my hand, Rake the mirror out of its stand, Spin it
around, And hurl it to the ground. It smashes to a
thousand tiny splinters, Then I step on it till every inch
shatters. My feet bleed, with shards of glass, But I
don't care for the scars. I'm crying tears of agony, so
hot, But I'm laughing too.
I pick up a scrap of the glass, And look at it
with triumph and doom, "Doth what thee
may choose to do, In hell, may thee
rot, For, now it is no question at all, I shalt
remain the most beautiful of us all."



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