A GIRL I USED TO KNOW

Favour Ijaola, EDITOR: Saffiatu Johnson

Behind closed doors

In front of the mirror

Left to my own device

Right now

I take a look

At what you see

Who you know

But I don’t recognize them

All I see is a curtain

Masking the actress from the audience

I break a leg

Coming forth towards the stage

A girl I knew but am becoming less familiar with

Once behind the curtains

Comes to confront the truth

I see her

I know her

I like what I see

And I’m fine with me