Filter

  

    I was never someone to use filters

   maybe because I wasn't on social media

   I was the girl with short hair

   tired eyes, jeans and baggy hoodies

    and I didn't care about fashion or looks

    It just never crossed my mind

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Until it did.

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    I don't know what changed

     It might have been my phone

    Just a part of growing up?

     Something to make me pretty

    just one click away

    smile for the likes

    but without teeth, they are ugly

    posing to get the comments

    but crop out your thies, they are fat

    Fading away, an obsession

    the screen and perfection

VALIDATION

    The mask I had build

    Too difficult to break

    But of course its worth it

    When it makes you _______