Mirror Mirror

By Nicola Koen

Posted on September 1, 2025

Cover Image Title: The Mirror of Glacier

Cover Image by: Cade Halvorsen

Classification: Photography

Specifications: 4032 pixels X 3024 pixels

Year: 2025

Location: Babb, Montana, U.S.A.

Mirror mirror on the wall

Why do your embers bore into

the dirt searching for a diamond 

In my chest.

Glass, ice smooth, not a ripple

Not a crack, no crisscrossing 

like the spiderwebs over

The crystal soul despite

the beauty my emeralds stare,

Frown, cry back

Though no gems were planted in this dust

Only mold-infested orbs.

Eyes ruining pictures. 

Or maybe it's just – me

Description: 

This poem is about a person who tries desperately to be positive about their appearance despite their self-doubt. The constant use of gems emphasizes the narrator’s struggles, which eventually move beyond their outer beauty to their inner beauty. The last line holds two meanings; it could be the person running the pictures, but the poet tries to showcase how it is all in the narrator’s head.

[ Writing Editor: Anonymous. ]