She grew up thinking that all the mirrors were broken & wondered why until the day she realized nobody else knew it. Her mother caught her patting the glass & touching her face & frowning. Looking up, she asked, mama, why does the mirror lie? Her mama asked what she meant, & the girl said, that's not my face. That's not what I look like inside.
Her mama knelt beside her & said, see? Here's my face, & here's my reflection in the mirror. They're the same. But the girl shook her head & said, no, they're not. Can't you see? Nobody looks like they do in a mirror. The mirror doesn't show how beautiful people are. She looked at the mirror & then her mama in disbelief & asked, is this what everybody else sees?
Her mama smiled at her & said, that's what makes people like you special. Always look at what the mirror doesn't show. But the girl stopped looking for a mirror that showed who she really was, & carried the ache in her heart because she knew that all the mirrors in the world were broken.
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