MIRROR
ALM No.95, November 2026
POETRY
Crying Attendant
This could be me
This could be you
This is you
This is me
This could be you
This could be me
This is me
This is you
Mirror
He went rainbow, I went black.
His scream became my whisper.
So many things learned
So many things foregone.
Lost
Now I'm lost.
Pain
Pain is omnipresent now.
Laughter is scarce
Laughter is gold.
Truth burns.
The truth burned.
Confusion took us to doomsdays
Confusion took us back.
We refused, we believed.
We ridiculed, we accepted.
Time
Time is scary as always.
What suited us
Suited us.
What's ugly in us
Remained ugly.
What we've known as darkness
Became our daylight.
We were beautiful
We are beautiful.
Hope
Hope plays peek-a-boo.
Everything mocks us
We mock everything.
Almost
Almost everything.
Hamdiye Etlan writes experimental poetry and fiction. Her work previously appeared in The Wink Report. Her Substack can be found here: https://substack.com/@unselfconscious
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