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Part II · Self

Mirror Mirror

mirror, mirror— who's the fairest of them all? she mourned before she looked. memory, memory— when did you become imagination? which pieces did you bury, and which did i? judgment, judgment— whose voice do you borrow when you speak? do you know my name— or only my mistakes? faith, faith— were you ever certainty, or only hope wearing robes? love, love— why do you arrive holding hands with grief? why do you always ask for more than yourself? truth, truth— why are you always found after the damage, standing quietly in the wreckage of hope? time, time— why does one minute last forever, while ten years vanish before breakfast? silence, silence— who taught you to sound so much like shame? why does cacophony feel more like home? self, self— i don't remember your voice. mirror, mirror— who's the fairest of them all? she looked. the mirror said nothing.

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