The Full Length Mirror

The Full Length Mirror
As you left the steam room and hopped off the scales you caught a glimpse of yourself in the full length mirror. I’m in pretty good shape for even if I have got chicken legs you said to me as I sat on the bed.
You turned and took a long hard look at yourself in the mirror
I wonder what would have happened if I had never banged my head as child and turned my eye. I would have had no eye operation and probably would not need glasses now.
I wonder what would have happened if I hadn’t had that bad fall and hurt my knee maybe I would have better a sport and not have chicken legs.
My breasts, I wonder what they would be like if I have not had the breast lumps removed, I bet they would be fabulous
Look at my tummy and that scar I wonder what it would look like now I have not had the hysterectomy and lost my womb, bet I would have my own six pack
My throat, I can’t see the scar but I know it is there, I wonder what I would like if have never needed to have that surgery
You turned away from the mirror and told me what you had been thinking and I hopped off the bed and gave you a big hug before tossing off my dressing gown and standing in from of the full length mirror.
I wonder what I would have been like if I had not broken my arm twice as a child and not had to had that operation
Would I be right handed or left handed or ambidextrous
Would I have progressed better at school because I could write clearly
I would certainly never have married young that’s for certain
I looked at my afro hair and wondered if was straight would I have avoided years of racial abuse
I frowned and looked at the V on my forehead and wondered where my life would be if I had not had my road traffic accident
I thought of the misery I have endured because of that accident and my eyes began to well up
Then I looked down at my sad little excuse for manhood and looked at a body that was over weight out of shape and riddled with diabetes.
I just stood there feeling low and negative
Intuitively you came over to me and said don’t hog the mirror you will crack it
We both stood there in front of the mirror and as I looked I turned to you and kissed you
You know what I said “we are what we are, lumps bumps and all. I would not change a single moment”
“Come on you” you said taking my hand “let’s go to bed”