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    1) The poem describes the narrator's bed as a place of escape and torment, where they can drift into sleep but are also plagued by suffocating thoughts and memories of hurtful things that were said. 2) The narrator is oppressed by "Mirrorland", the online world, which reminds them of what they lack and makes them feel the need to be more in order to be enough. They compulsively scroll through social media seeking validation but only feel more inadequate. 3) Facing their reflection in a physical mirror, the narrator looks for something different or a "half-truth" but can never see enough to be satisfied. Mirrorland hides nothing and

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    1) The poem describes the narrator's bed as a place of escape and torment, where they can drift into sleep but are also plagued by suffocating thoughts and memories of hurtful things that were said. 2) The narrator is oppressed by "Mirrorland", the online world, which reminds them of what they lack and makes them feel the need to be more in order to be enough. They compulsively scroll through social media seeking validation but only feel more inadequate. 3) Facing their reflection in a physical mirror, the narrator looks for something different or a "half-truth" but can never see enough to be satisfied. Mirrorland hides nothing and

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    Mirrorland - Poem

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    1) The poem describes the narrator's bed as a place of escape and torment, where they can drift into sleep but are also plagued by suffocating thoughts and memories of hurtful things that were said. 2) The narrator is oppressed by "Mirrorland", the online world, which reminds them of what they lack and makes them feel the need to be more in order to be enough. They compulsively scroll through social media seeking validation but only feel more inadequate. 3) Facing their reflection in a physical mirror, the narrator looks for something different or a "half-truth" but can never see enough to be satisfied. Mirrorland hides nothing and

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    Mirrorland/ Will I ever be enough?

    by Funmi Lijadu

    My bed
    You’re just like the ocean.
    Well, not really
    Just overwhelming,
    Forever awash
    With tears overdue.
    You creak and heave
    At the weight of me
    Tormented
    Things that were said.
    But you’re so uncomplaining in your motions
    Like the sun bowing down gracefully
    Making way for the moon.
    My altar of self-loathing
    Soft, unforgiving,
    Accommodating yet hostile
    I know you can’t keep the thoughts from me
    I writhe and writhe in these suffocating sheets
    Till I’m weak and drift carelessly into sleep
    I hate to pull myself from you
    You’re my escape
    A bitter truth.
    Harsher truths find me
    When I leave you
    Embarking on journeys less comforting
    (You’re the only one that stretches
    To make space for me)
    Mirrorland is never kind
    Presenting myself to the one sided pane
    Gazing wistfully at the luminous rectangular mirror
    I hold in my palm for too long
    Yes. scroll and see those fleeting visions
    Flashing, dazzling, reflecting in your eyes
    Do you know how my eyes water for you?
    Focused on you in the unforgiving dark
    I follow, I envy, I like, I like, I dislike, I unlike.
    Yes! Today
    you can buy this
    and be happy?
    Happy, until you see that post
    Convinces you you’re not enough
    (You’ll be back tomorrow!)
    Wish we could all be hashtag ‘blessed’
    Wonder how many ‘best lives’ truly exist
    What horrors are hiding behind the screen?
    Late-night-thinking of my next plot to make them jealous
    A harmless little show
    Something to remind them that I’m here.
    (even though I’m drowning)
    (should be sleeping but can’t)
    Mirrorland oppresses me,
    Reminding me of everything
    I don’t have
    I need to be.
    Everything I haven’t been
    I keep going back
    Pathetic.
    (like a moth to a flame, you never learn)
    Sigh.
    Wander lazily
    From the digital to the physical
    To that lonely rectangular glass frame
    On the wall
    It waits for me
    Day and night we do a pretty dance
    I twist and turn from myself
    It keeps still, all-knowing.
    Who is she?
    Catching myself in the light
    Looking for what I want to see
    Looking for something different
    A half-truth
    Never enough
    Maybe if I look long enough
    I’ll like what I see
    Sigh.
    Stare and stare
    For what feels like a year
    But nothing changes in mirrorland
    It hides nothing
    (But you already knew that)
    I walk from my reflection
    (Too much for me)
    Sigh.
    I drag my feeble frame
    I climb and fall back into you.
    (You’ll be back tomorrow)

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