What the mirror said

What the mirror said by Lucille Clifton

listen,
you a wonder.
you a city
of a woman.
you got a geography
of your own.
listen,
somebody need a map
to understand you.
someone needs directions
to move around you.
listen,
woman,
you not a noplace
anonymous
girl;
mister with his hands on you
he got his hands on
some
damn
body!

One thing that stuck out to me was that nothing was capitalized. It is one stanza with 21 lines. Some lines only consist of one word. This for me emphasizes the word. The author repeats the word "listens" three times within the poem; it is like the mirror is trying to tell the girl something but she just won't listen.

I think that this poem is saying that there is a lot more than young girls than just looks. And by looking in a "mirror" young women can reflect and see that there is so much more on the inside that makes them beautiful.