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Glass
January 12, 2009
mirror mirror on the wall
who’s the fairest of them all
reflected in that ancient glass
is but a broken mass
what is that hallowed vestibule
to pick and choose as though a bascule
passing things only as deep as it
degrading and isolating those left unfit
incompetents fleeing due to coerce
seeking a haven of the perverse
only then will they pass
the judgment of glass.
© Rebecca W., W. Hollywood, CA
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Well, I obviously was inspired by the tale of Snow White, it was always one of my favorites, but then it became to be about something more. I started thinking about all the trials people go through just to be “beautiful”. Google “beautiful” and almost all the people that come up under Images will be skinny, big butted, big breasted women. It’s sad that only those people are deemed worthy of the term. In writing my poem Glass I was trying to state my opinion on the matter. The status quo for beauty isn’t what I think true beauty is.
~ Amanda