The reflection staring back at me

I see her

Her eyes staring deeply into mine

Like two sides of the same leaf.

I see her happiness

And I see her pain

I see the past and all that has been

And all that will be

I see her as she is,

Imperfect

Raw

Real.

And I think to myself

I see her

I see her as who she is

Outside of the box that is my mind.

In this space, she just is

she just exists.

She is the reflection of me

I see now

The coexistence and acceptance of us both

I see now

How we can both exist in one

I see now, how people see me.

I see now through the eyes of myself within the perception of someone else.

Im not afriad to look in her eyes now

I have nothing to be afraid of

I look in her eyes and I see what ive searched so long for.

-Sarah