MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL!

“Girl, girl, girl…”

The voices echo!

Her heart aches once again,

And the traumas of life resurface!

So what, if she gave her

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Every drop of sweat,

Every pound of flesh,

Every unannounced tear

To those whom she called her own,

The words still keep reverberating,

“You are a girl!”

She has witnessed so many ordeals-

Ragged for not being a good cook,

Mocked at for not getting dowry,

Being inappropriately touched,

And yet, remaining silent was the only choice she had!

For, she was a girl!

However, unlike the previous times,

She composes back herself very fast,

Peeps at herself in the mirror,

And asks, “Don’t you think that I am beautiful?

I still know how to stand tall

Despite the challenges?”

The mirror, her only friend smiles back,

And replies, “Yes, you are!

I am not a mirror with magical charms

Though standing majestically on the wall-

But I am a mirror with a heart,

And every inch of me says

That you are beautiful

For no one has a heart like you!”

She smiles,

And sets off to conquer

Newer hemispheres!

She knows that she can

For she’s a girl

And accepting challenges was the only option

That she’s always known!

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