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Reflection by Aqueila M. Lewis

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“Reflection” was written on April 29, 2014 during National Poetry Month. I love fairy tales and nursery rhymes. I was actually thinking of Snow White and the relationship she had with her wicked step mother. I also remember vividly seeing how the step mother’s only friend seemed to be her mirror. I switched it around and imagined what I saw when I looked into the mirror. And those images just came forth so I wrote about them:

 

 

Aqueila M. Lewis is one of Making Contact’s 2014 Community Storytelling Fellows. She will focus on body image, and her journey to becoming a plus-size model. Find her work here: focmedia.org/author/aqueila/

Author: Aqueila Lewis

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