by Andrianna Boykin, ETA ’20
“The Smudged Mirror”
The mirror reflects,
You, me, locking eyes as one.
Why question your own?
Our fingerprints blind.
Heaven accepts, still we check,
Those who reflect us.
Between interest
and intrusion, we reach out,
grasping at slick glass.
Quick scan of my eye,
Enough of an alibi?
Black skin, check twice.
[Featured Photo by Nathalie Peña Gomez]