My first reaction is that this is the poetic description of a woman agonizing over the impossibility of meeting her own beauty standards. She is beautiful, but she does not accept the very possibility of it, ironically. She wants to be good looking and even believes that it is 'necessary', but does not have the mental fortitude to explore how she herself, as her own harshest critic, could satisfy these self-imposed ideals of beauty.

Her reflection in the mirror is a symbolism of her conceptual self-identify. Her mind is continuously at war with itself, seeking to finally accept that she is gorgeous, but in doing so, raises the standard of beauty even further, so that it is ever unobtainable to her.

I believe the moral of the poem is that we all have things we wish we could change about ourselves, but if we ever did so, we would cease to be the people that we are. Sometimes, our faults are what make us unique. In fact, for those individuals that love us, would not even consider them faults. But, we are our own harshest critics.

Thank you for the feedback. I'm a little shocked to find such a thing as meaning here, but I'm glad you liked the poem.

It's entirely possible that the individual audience members can interpret a story different or unintended from what the author originally meant. In fact this is the very magic of art itself, to open new doorways of illumination.

Indeed! Another interpretation might be the beauty standard are imposed by the outside world. She thinks the mirror is reflecting her true appearance, but it's actually showing her what others see in her instead of what she really is. In a way her beauty standards has been distorted by the outside world.

That's a great idea, how the outside world sees her, I never considered that. I was entirely focused on how she sees herself, thus the importance of the mirror. But how others see her could factor in heavily, or how she THINKS others see her, which is a strong precursor to many disorders like bulimia.

lovely poem. the poem paints a clear imagery with simple words which is amazing

Thank you