Window

I prefer windows to mirrors.
I look in a mirror,
I see myself.
Materially.
I look through a window,
I see so much more.

I prefer windows to mirrors.
A mirror shows an image.
Backwards.
Through a window,
I see the real thing.
Straightforward, clear.

I prefer windows to mirrors.
Mirrors are vanity.
All I see is ME, ME, ME!
Windows are charity.
I see everyone and what they need.

How I can give,
How I should live.

I prefer windows to mirrors.

~Hannah Jo
A contest piece