Asterisks* (or Filters)

Pictures portray

a girl

She is tall

with no shame*

attitude**

and

confidence***

On social media

*the filters

hide her blemishes

**the captions

took an hour

***twenty pictures

led to this ok one

Behind

the camera lies

a girl

She is tall

a Disney lover*

a math nerd**

and science enthusiast***

No filter shows

*an obssessed

fanatic

**breezing the highest

level of math

***reading science journals

and publications

The model

Poses and holds

A smile for all to see

That says “I’m having fun”

And “wish you were here”

With the winking emoji

The authentic

Guffaws and trips

over her own feet

making puns and

Disney references

With the awkward emoji

These girls

Are the same person

Both of them

have brown hair

with hazel eyes

Both of them are me

The former

She acts natural

And plays cool

The latter

She has organization

But lives messily

For 49 likes

I smile and spend

my weekends in public

places telling the world

“I’m a social butterfly

Try and catch me”

For no likes

I sleep in and read

Books in my room

In silence saying

Nothing or humming to

The light music

Filters hide

My true self

Like a mirror

Showing an old

Reflection

Or previous life

It’s just media.