Mirror Mirror On The Wall Poem by Preston Mwiinga

Mirror on the wall

Mirror mirror of the wall who is the fairest of them all?
You do not need anyone to issue that statement.
you
you look at yourself and think you are not that beautiful because he has not told you so.
You think you are not in for the competition because you are not fashionable like Fashion Sakala.
They mock you that you are not their class because you cannot speak like them, your English is broken like Broken Hill man.
When you look at yourself from the crown of your head, to your foot, you feel weak like a wavered leaf that has been staved water and sun; ight for some time.
They have brazillian hair on their head and youit's either 'Tumukule or Vimikuti'
their faces are so fine like the finest mineral and your scruffy like the rough plaster.
Their lips look so fyompeble and yours are dry and cracked because hunger is your neighbor next door.
They go to expensive boutiques and you the only botique you know is salaula the fulama boutique.
They were expensive high heeled shoes and you, tuma shaupwa bwino.

You cry because you think no one can love you, your hope is lost like the Malaysian plane but worry not.
look at your mirror and ask and smile then you will see a a beautifully and wonderfully created in the image of the creator.
You may not have been blessed with material things, but you are blessed with a loving and caring heart.
the most beautiful hearts are those hearts that have cried a lot, those hearts that have endured pain, those hearts that have been through a lot. you are such a person.
beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder they say and I add beauty lies in the eyes of the creator, you are created in God's image
There is that special person somewhere that loves you without that make up. He cares for you even with pimples on your face. He wants you even with your cracked broken lips.
he calls you beautiful even when you where the worst old fashioned clothes.
he wants to marry you even if you wear the shaupwa bwino, he want to upwa you bwino bwino.
He always has sleepness nights for you, all he wants is to be with you.
he is looking for an opportuniy and to confess his tender lover to you but not like the fire tenders.
he does not want to take you to a lodge and run away from you like Abed Pele.
He wants to take you home to his relatives and introduce you, he wants to marry you and make you a proud mother of his children.
so look at the mirror and ask yourself, 'Mirror Mirror on the wall who is the fairest of them all.