Lack Of A Better Filter
Before I had a smart phone
when i had a stupid one
i would take pictures
if you could call them that
more like fuzzy blobs
with a lack of a better filter
before the insta
before the vine
when facebook was king
i took pictures
on my stupid phone
and that was that
with a lack of a better filter
now i use filters
i feel like a real photographer
my pics look great
never better
and i bump up the contrast
and the saturation
with a lack of a better filter
i also take selfies
and use plenty of filters
because that is what makes me pretty
otherwise, i look like my old fuzzy blobs
now i like my face
in some lighting
for lack of a better filter
but what am i really?
who am i really?
beneath all that filter?
i am self-conscious
i am clumsy
i am afraid
i am awkward
i am different
and this is the real me
for lack of a better filter
i try to hide my faults
behind a lens
with a filter
but
that isn't all i am
i am compassionate
i am devoted
i am thoughtful
i am perky
i am bubbly
i am complete
i am myself - in all its entirety
so that's me
beneath all that filter
and maybe someday
i will go #NoFilter
and show the real me
because that's who i am
and that's who i'll be
with a lack of a better filter