Mirror. Questions

By Allyn Jones

When I finally meet the girl I always wanted to be in the mirror.

What will be the first words I say to her?

What took you long?

I have spent 21 years searching behind every cranny and nook just to find you.

And today you appear, why now?

How does it feel to not hurt anymore?

Or have you finally mastered the skill of masking so well even you forget that you’re hurting?

Do you feel anymore, did you ever?

Will I tell her I love her, that her beauty is all that I dreamed it would, that she’d finally amounted to what I hoped and prayed she could be.

When I tell her I love her, will I mean it?

When I finally meet the girl I’ve always wanted to be, will I say anything at all?

Or will I stare in the face of someone I’ve wanted to know for so long, speechless.

Will her presence be enough, can I just be happy that she’s here.