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The World Is Our Reflection

Cover artwork by Iryna Tsisaruk, age 16, Ukraine

Ethel Harris

April 9, 2025

Department: Poetry

Issue: State of Mind

The world is our reflection; 
it shines like a glass reflecting our feelings and past.
It is a masterpiece, painted on what we project.
Our inner self, the world will reflect.

The world is our reflection;
A smile we offer, the light it sends,
When anger burns, or phobia takes hold.
The world seems harsh, stressful, distant, and cold.

The world is our reflection.
The hurricane we see, the turmoil we feel, are vibrations of laceration that can’t be healed.
But peace within can calm our skies and turn our darkness onto Aurora.

sketch of white lights on black background
Artwork by Iryna Tsisaruk, age 16, Ukraine
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Ethel Harris is a 17-year-old student at the Cuttington Campus School in Liberia.