Take her picture

Watch her face develop

I look just like her

But I am enveloped

Because of that face

That one JPEG file

Take your finger and trace

All the curves of my smile

And my cheeks so hollow

Pictures of me are shadows

I cannot help but follow

Through the highs and the lows

My smile is steadfast

My eyes are still bright

How long can my facade last?

We need the perfect light

To capture the framed deception

That is just my irrelevant body

But also my only protection

For it is my mind that is rotting

Because outside I am smiling

Outside my tears are drying

Inside I am dying

Inside I can't stop crying

Develop me in the darkroom

Every detail of me appears

Except the parts of me in ruin

All my photos are broken mirrors

Take the glass and scratch me out

Because everything you see

Everything shot in doubt

Is anything but me