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Momma said there’d be days like these
The sweat on your brow
And the pain in your knees
Momma said how the world can often be hard
How the ones that you love
Can leave you with scars
Dear J, I know you have your insecurities, but there's this candid photo of you and I that I just adore. You've pointed out everything you felt was flawed about you, but you didn't understand what this photo actually meant to me. I don't care ab
Remember the timeRemember thenThat instance,When, oh when
Our youth, when we did what we didDidn’t care, didn’t giveInto the pressures, of parents or peersMan, those timesRemember?
“I’m sorry.”
Muttered softly.
Keep your head down child,
Don’t you dare cry.
Showing weakness is not an option,
Not if we want to get out of here intact.
We stand side by side,
Click goes the shutter,
Flash goes the light,
She tells you, "Don't blink!"
But you just might.
Morning I wake up covered in dust
Lying in bed all night makes my bones feel like rust
What I can do to make myself look "right"
Take the picture.
Too high.
Too low.
Just right.
But what's wrong?
Your nose is too big,
Your smile looks weird,
And your hair looks bad.
Take it again.
And again.
Click, snap, image captured
Edit, draw, redirected
Delete, delete
Photo recaptured
Upload now, photo posted
This is me #nomakeup
Eyes of slivers, wrinkles, dried tears
This is I #nofilter
My vanity has become an army
Pictures purporting to show unparalleled perfection
Ask me who I am in the raw,
I'll tell you.
I wake up like everyone else.
I get dressed, brush my teeth.
Most people assume that is me.
5'2", brown hair, brown eyes.
Photo’s capturing a moment in time in which you can save Forever, they say you can never get back time but when you take a picture
If you can't read the photo it goes-
Here I sit in this rut once more,
waiting, longing.
I wish I could stop but it only goes just,
beat, beat, beat.
And the raging thump continues just
Will it be Instagrammed, 50 likes
buttons pressed to show approval
instapopularity, we can accept ourselves now
filtering out sincerity in acid blue
Will it be framed on the wall
In life we will all experience death.
For some it will be easy…others not so much.
Wrinkled skin, shaking hands, the eyes of a fighter.
Even though on the outside they look defeated,
Their soul burns on.
I’ve been in constant contradiction
since I was 17 years old,
do I run away from everything?
or do just what I’m told?
We gather.
We wait.
We silently anticipate.
The sun dips down,
The waves dance up.
The crashing touch
Of Mother Earth
And the King of the Sea
Produce a sight of beauty.
I watched you watch that photo,
the boy with dirt and muddy hands,
as you told me that you were going to start the shower,
leaving the dishes in the sink,
a particular weariness in your look.
