Silhouette in my mirror (30 days of poetry: day 1)

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Prompt: 1) Silhouette

Silhouette in my mirror,
Why are you crying?
Do you not like the way you're looking?

Silhouette in my mirror,
Here's a black dress for you.
This cinches your waist, scrap pink and blue.

Silhouette in my mirror,
Aren't you happy yet? 
I covered your acne up, yes, I did.

Silhouette in my mirror,
Don't cry, you'll look all puffy.
Here, be a good girl, put on a smile for me.

Silhouette in my mirror,
What do you want?
I gave you everything but you still sit and grunt!

Silhouette in my mirror,
I'm angry, very angry now!
I want to shatter you into a million pieces! Ow!

Silhouettes in my mirrors,
I saw your lips move.
"There are a million crying silhouettes, there'll be a million more."

Author’s thoughts:

‘Silhouette In My Mirror’ is written about the figure we see in the mirror that is not exactly our reflection. This reflection is fogged up by our own expectations and frustrations at not meeting these expectations on a physical level. The fog is so dense sometimes that we cannot make out our reflection, and we see only a silhouette. This silhouette is a distorted reflection of you, where your flaws are exaggerated and you focus on them and them alone. Even if you try to cover up these flaws, your silhouette, your expectations are never satisfied. If you break a mirror into a million pieces, you’ll have a million more mirrors. Just like that, if you meet one expectation, a million more will jump up to haunt you. You’ll forever be caught in this cycle of chasing expectations, you or the society sets for you.

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This prompt is given by Suparna Ghosh.

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