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Whole As Is

Posted on 4 October 2019 by H. Hennenburg
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Whole As Is

“You are a worthless girl,” she says…and she says it again and again until the mirror cracks.

Then she studies the crack. Carefully. As it might well be a gift from beyond. Seeking a hidden message, she leans in and fingers the edges as her eyes scrutinize every jagged corner. She stands back and gazes from a distance. Arms folded. Knuckling fist to mouth…pondering.

“You are a worthless girl,” she whispers, re-examining the careless magic that summoned this unexpected visitor. “What does it mean?”, she wonders silently, eyes fixed on the glassy fissure. All day she is consumed by the question. It follows her through her tasks and obligations. It hovers over her. Slides beneath her. Envelops her.

And the crack in the mirror watches her. When she goes outside, it calls to her. And every time she returns, she studies it again.

She considers, tentatively, “you are not a worthless girl.” Then directly and squarely at the crack in the mirror, she declares, “you are not a worthless girl.”

The mirror does not mend.

But the girl…the girl is now fascinated by the possibility – by all possibility. What could come next?

“You are worth the sun and moon and all the stars in the universe,” she chances quickly.

“You are worth the planets and the ice and the oceans and every bit of life, seen and unseen,” she exclaims.

Nothing breaks, nothing mends. Everything is whole exactly as it is.

“You are worth time and immortality,” she dares. And at this, everything disappears.

She wracks her body this way and that, wanting to see every direction at once. Is it true, the nothingness? What does it mean? “What…is…it…worth?” she utters slowly as her face cracks the smile of consciousness.

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4 thoughts on “Whole As Is”

  1. sherry marr says:
    4 October 2019 at 5:13 PM

    I love “as her face cracks the smile of consciousness….” This reminds me of the first time I read Desiderata, at 27, and came to the words “no less than the moon and the stars, you have a right to be here.” It brought me to tears. A concept I had never considered…….the beginnings of self-worth. A beautiful read, H.

    1. H. Hennenburg says:
      4 October 2019 at 5:46 PM

      Sherry, I so love Desiderata and I am honoured that my words invoked a similar feeling for you. Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts!

  2. Khaya Ronkainen says:
    5 October 2019 at 10:05 AM

    Oh, the mirror! It can be so deceiving. Thank goodness, the girl knows “[she’s] worth every bit of life, the seen and unseen.” Powerful piece, H.

    1. H. Hennenburg says:
      5 October 2019 at 10:10 AM

      Thank you so much, Khaya!!!

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