Mirrors--

My Hello Kitty makeup mirror I held

Standing on a tippy-toe chair in the bathroom

Trying to catch a glimpse of me.

Mirrors in my mind, mirrors in the clouds

Mirrors in my shoes, mirrors in the sand

Mirrors laced with oily puppy-rainbows

Slathered on the grassy sprinkler pavement

My reflection forever trying to step through barriers

Mirrors in grass, mirrors in the school buses

Mirrors in the car windows--

Me crying in the confinement of my seatbelt.

I am the mirror

Iridescent, shiny, unreal

My thoughts are like mirrors

That set grass bugs on fire

Flashing my sun of fears

Echoing my rain of tears.

Mirrors in the river

Mirrors in the fish

Mirrors in my cup

Shining in my plate, my dish.

Mirrors are turning

Reflections burning

Mirrors--

Looking into them

Seems to take light years.

Who am I, what am I

Where am I, why am I

Why am I here

Distorted, backwards

Pretending nobody knows me

Looking in the mirror.