Looking at Me
K. Reiter
1 When I look in the mirror
I see me
or what I think I look like
The fact is that no one really
5 knows what they look like
We don’t see what others see
How could we? I can only imagine
how big my nose really is
or what I look like when I smile
10 or laugh
What lines are visible to others
what imperfections
Maybe it’s better if we don’t
really know
15 Maybe it’s best if we just imagine
Guessing we are perfect
and charming
flawless and bewitching
What really matters
20 is what’s on the inside anyway
We can all see that
figuratively, of course
Kindness and decency
Joy and jubilation
The poet uses lines 19-24 to establish that —
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what really matters is how people act and not what they look like
what really matters is how people act and not what they look like
what you see in the mirror is not really what you look like
what you see in the mirror is not really what you look like
being beautiful is more important than being kind
being beautiful is more important than being kind
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