[ poetry ] This is a fascinating literary collision

Miria

A mirror
Is a harrowing thing
And I hid from them
For years,
Flinching back
From the memories of monsters
Peering around the jamb
Of duplicated doors,
Hungry for thought.

I am
No longer
An extracted reflection
But changed:

At last

I saw me
Instead
Of you

And I am not afraid.

( I actually wanna explain the literary reference here. Not the Feri mythology bit, that can just sit. )