Reflections
Sitting in the backseat of her old Chevy The girl is staring at herself in the rear view mirror Her face is perfectly symmetric Her eyes almond shaped Her eyeballs the blackest black There is a look of untouched innocence in those eyes She's is but a girl of thirteen years She is relaxed, and yet, has never felt a sense of such unprecedented gaiety before She's on her way to a traditional ceremony Her driver is driving swift and oblivious to his sole passenger She is garbed in a red salwar kurta Admiring herself, she feels no less than a bride The hair is a symphony of soft musical waves; A black cascade of dancing curls The forehead is the size of her little finger The eyebrows are slightly angular The nose is long and straight and broad altogether She has issues with her nose on an everyday basis But not today. Today she felt and looked the epitome of beauty The lips are neither too thin, nor too thick The jaw is neither high like a movie star's Neither is it indistinct