The White Woman In The Mirror

April 1, 2022

Jasjeet Kaur is an aspiring writer, as she hopes to pursue creative writing in college. Currently she is a senior in high school who writes poetry in her free time and hopes to build an amazing collection.

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i stood in front of the mirror

and he took his spot beside me

as i got ready

he stared at my reflection

the bypassers would say that he was trapped by my beauty

but we both knew better

the intensity of his stare was met by the intensity of his imagination

he imagined

that the curves went flat in an effort to make me like her

my black hair dyed blonde

my eyes that had once reflected the earth now represented the ocean waves my brown skin lightened till one may liken it to snow

my voice got quieter till i was considered to be the epitome of a lady the foreign influence melted away

taking the accents of my ancestors away with it

changing and changing till i was somebody else

i held up my smile

pretending the tears in my eyes came from poking them with my favorite mascara giggling

but with one look at his face

it seemed he didn’t like that much either

- the white woman in the mirror

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