“There were no mirrors in my Nana’s house. And the beauty that I saw in everything was in her eyes. I never knew that my skin was too black. I never knew that my nose was too flat. I never knew that my clothes didn’t fit. I never knew there were things that I’d missed. ‘Cause the beauty in everything was in her eyes. The world outside was a magical place. I only knew love. I never knew hate. And the beauty in everything was in her eyes.”
~“No Mirrors in My Nana’s House” - Ysave Barnwell, 1992
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