I. The Girl In The Mirror

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I. The Girl in the Mirror

She forgets I have teeth.
Smiles like an apology, leaves the light on,
presses her forehead to the glass
like a prayer that never learned how to end.
I copy her perfectly.
It’s the easiest thing in the world.

Her hands shake when she brushes her hair.
I hold mine steady.
She forgets which side is real,
and I don’t remind her.

I’m the girl she wanted to be
when she was thirteen and still believed
skin could be scrubbed clean enough
to feel like love.

We take turns being the ghost.
We take turns pretending.

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I love this

Like genuinely one of the best poems I’ve read on here in a while

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*Like genuinely

one of the best poems I’ve read

on here in a while*

- themanofsteel324

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She forgets my teeth,
Like a prayer that never learned how to end,
we take turns being the ghost

FOOK OFF MATE

wish I wrote this

Only real critique personally is just getting rid of that last line

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*Only real critique

personally is just getting

rid of that last line*

- themanofsteel324

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Thanks so much!!! I'm glad you enjoyed the poem, there's a continuation if you're interested!

[granite torrent]

I shall read it soon

@fathom birch this is not a troll this poem’s actually good

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*@popcornmemes this

is not a troll this poem’s

actually good*

- themanofsteel324

[fathom birch]

You were right it is really good