Courtesy: Pixabay
Looking glass,
someone like her
looking back,
holding no judgement,
only astonishment.
There,
in the image,
an innocent wound
upon her skin.
How strange to know
it wasn’t innocent
at all.
Intellectually,
she knew the truth,
knew it was more
than a curiosity.
Knew a different C-word
applied.
The woman,
the one in the looking glass,
the one looking back,
she was crying too.
©July 2020,
Christina Anne Hawthorne
*Skin cancer doesn’t always look like what you think. If you’re susceptible, if it runs in the family, perform a self exam, have someone help, undergo annual checks. It could save your life. Like it saved mine. Again.
Christina Anne Hawthorne 