The Mirror by Eva Stamatopoulou
Eva Stamatopoulou’s poem written at age 12 depicts the self image of a bullied young girl.
A mirror which is cracking.
It is cracking slowly, quietly, lonely into loneliness
The crack begins at one edge, but it reaches the middle.
When the crack reaches the heart, the mirror will explode.
Then I will be born.
Maybe you will be born.
You, who helped the crack evolve because of your ignorance.
You, who supported the crack because of your frozen indifference.
You, who promoted and enhanced it because of your irresponsibility and incapability.
The crack is coming close to the heart and the mirror throws up bits of glass.
You do not see them.
You do not feel them.
You do not want to see them because they are located at the other side of the glass.
When the crack reaches the heart, the mirror will explode.
Maybe then I will be born.
Maybe then you will be born, too.
But you might also die if your thick skin does not perceive the tiny
Little glass particle that was wedged in the corner of your eye.
Then, you might open your eyes and see.
Then, you might wash your ears and listen.
But I will have been born.
And I will watch you trying to remember what
Existed in the empty frame before the explosion.
And I will be laughing.
And I will be crying.
But, most of all, I will have been BORN.
Maybe you decide to look at the other side of the mirror
And, maybe then you will see the crack and prevent it from growing.
Maybe then you will be born as a Human Being.
And then I will be born again.
In another manner, though.
With an explosion and a rainfall of tears.
written when the poet was age 12
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