Mirage

Money, makeup, or mental ability,

_{these are the criteria for how we are viewed by society.}

_{To live my life only by how others view me is to drown my heart in}

Insecurity.

Rejection, or at least the fear of it,

_{makes humans the slaves of societies shallow games.}

Alienation is the usual result of

_{defying the conventions of society.}

Grief, paradoxically,

_{is often the result of adhering to closely to societies norms.}

Either way,

_{the only sight lying beyond the filter is me.}