Of every curve and fine lines

Picture via Ramirez E. Nassif on Unsplash

Looking into your reflection
Yet you see someone else’s
Why are you looking away?

Your mind jerking you away
Of caressing skin and curves of you
Telling you not to see — not too closely
As if they are strangers’
Why are you looking away?

Every mark
Every splatter
Shamelessly, lovingly

Of behold yourself fondly
Without any barrier (any covering)
Yet your eyes s c a t t e r

Unfamiliar yet thrilled
Dreaded yet cautious
Longed yet ashamed
Unsure yet curious

You were told to not show
To not see — not too intently
What of your own reflection?
Why are you looking away?

See me myself, study me myself

Why are you looking away?
What do I see?

Am I beautiful?
Am I vain?

Every curve
Every skin

Do I like what I see?
Do I shame you?

Fair lines
Dark tinges

Love me, cherish me

(UCA)