Stone Soup

Where young artists paint the world with words

The international magazine of stories, poems, and art by young writers and artists. Published continuously since 1973.

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If You Find a Mirror

Look inside
yourself
take your vision of
the world
and turn it
upside down

break the glass
to find your truth

then stitch it up again

consider
every secret
that might be
hidden in its depths
until you
realize
it’s only a
reflection
of what you already
know

it only holds
fragments
of what it’s like
out here