Me, Filter Free

Thu, 03/05/2015 - 22:20 -- andr3w

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

 
This poem is about: 
Me

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