Life Path 9

17 and 11, that's how old her children is

30 and 4, that's how old her reflection is. 

34 birthdays, 2 daughters later; 

it's only now she looks up into that half-foggy mirror 

and sees a yellow Post-it 

with a crease on the bottom right corner 

that reads: “You are brilliant,” “You are bright,” “You are beautiful.” 

She looks away, 

then back into her eyes of Nile, 

tiny creases and early indentations 

where an expression used to be, 

and thinks to herself... 

It's now that I'm finally a woman.

-In loving memory of ENG201