the future looking glass

the mirror
is an object with at least one polished and therefore specularly reflective surface.
the first mirrors used by people were most likely pools of dark still water.

imagine the first human to see their reflection
how astonished they must have been
i wonder how long it took them to realize it was just them
a reflection of them
mimicking their appearance and every move they make

a pretty awesome discovery right?
i submit the conflicting opinion that these mirrors are lackluster at best
unnecessary

after all, they merely show us what we have limited control over
ok so you can buy your expensive clothes, cover your face up with make up
but this mirror shows only the physical, not what's important

mirrors could be replaced altogether
by just having one GOOD friend
cuz sure, we don't want to look like a mess to other people
but this one good friend, could help you be presentable while at the same time
being far less critical than you probably are while viewing your reflection

they have become merely the fuel for people's vanity
and the cause for too many people's insecurity and worry
a robber of people's confidence
and the cause for some insanity

people spend their money on clothes, make up, and worst of all plastic surgery
to try and implore these mirrors to show them something else, something better
but no matter how hard you try sweetheart, it's not gonna show anything more or less
than you
and i think that's more than enough

kaleidoscopes use mirrors to create beautiful pictures out of anything it's pointed at
i'd prefer all mirrors replaced by kaleidoscopes, cuz
even though they don't really show you that well
you'll always be awesome to look at

i offer a new idea, the future of the looking glass
i hope that the technology will come about
to create mirrors that show a persons inside
the beauty that's there, regardless of what physical form it takes

maybe a two-way mirror could be crafted
not to have someone hide on one side
and have the other reflect
but have the person's true shelf reveled on the shiny side

perhaps, like the old fun houses that had crazy shaped mirrors
reflecting an exaggerated form of your body
the same idea could be used
maybe if scientists' found just the right shape, just the right stretching of the surface
it could show you, the real you

or maybe we could go back further
when they used containers of water
to see their reflections
perhaps some other liquid has some special properties
that can penetrate what is skin deep
show the inner attributes you have to offer

if this advancement ever occurs
different from what any mirror can honestly claim
and slightly different from the message on side view mirrors of vehicles
these mirrors would have the warning written on them
"objects in mirror ARE what they appear"