Me, Filter Free
Here, there, everywhere,
People will judge and people will stare
No regard for feelings
No knowledge of with what others are dealing.
Crumbling confidence, no self esteem
Everyone is afraid to let their inner self gleam
It needs to change.
Compliments need to be exchanged
A life without filters is all we need
So I will tell of my true self before I proceed.
I mumble
I like to think it keeps me humble
It makes me choose my words wisely
but in reality I turn away shyly
It causes me pain
Every time I repeat what I am saying
I don’t accept it, I work at it
A personal change to which I fully commit
I have acne
Sadly
The teenage years bring it in plenty
Oh so many pimples, my goodness how many?
Photoshop and instagram wash them right away
But face to face, the sunlight betrays
It’s hard to rid
But it adds character, just a part of being a kid
I am tall
In many conversations, this fact consumes all
I am skinny too, a deadly combination
Not exactly the source of my elation
I lift, I eat
None of this can help me beat
Who I really am
I am me, brought into focus by this poetry slam
If I have learned anything
Over the last 17 years
It is to be myself
And to not have any fears
If you like you
For who you are
Then people will follow
Both from near and from far