The Average Selfie
Her pictures are hardly the same as before
Her filters and makeup hide acne and pores
Her head's tilted slightly to the left or right side
Depending on which scar or bump she wishes to hide
Fifty seven pictures she will pose for and take
She'll then file those down to what makes her look fake
The sunlight changes her skin tone the angle changes her size
She makes herself the perfect girl, a barbie in her eyes
She'll then post the picture and wait for the likes to roll in
To prove to herself and others that she has hundreds of following friends
When the likes finally start to flow she'll take off her disguise
The lipstick on her lips and the mascara on her eyes
She'll wipe off all the concealor hiding her freckles or moles
The makeup comes running off into the sink bowl
She won't look in the mirror because she doesn't like that girl
The girl she deems not pretty enough to make it in this world
But what she doesn't see is the softness of her eyes
The soft blush that covers her face when she's nervous or shy
What she doesn't see is the way she laughs around
The way that it makes others stop and listen to the sound
What she doesn't see is that the girl she keeps inside
Is so natural and beautiful that she doesn't need to hide
Her beauty came installed in the genetics that built her
But I doubt she'd ever post a selfie with #NoFilter