today
mirrored 
my hurt
to me

transmuted
that
from
in womb
and
not womb

something
so fixed
until
a moment
of
a mirror

unetched
it’s scars
off
my internal
flesh

it
polished silver
into
my
hoping heart

it
was
a
beautiful
reflection

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