someone lived in my mirror

a little girl

bright and shallow

gone like a gasp.

someone lives in my mirror

she took the shape of a woman

and stole away the little girl

when i wasn’t looking.

someone lives in my mirror

and her eyes have turned hateful

echoes tearfully sung

a lament for the little girl.

someone lives in my mirror

standing steady

dark and deep

present like a pulse.

someone will live in my mirror

and i know every detail

about every version of herself

she has ever been.