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OMG Should I Use Rise or Valencia?


Which filter

Should I

Use?

 

The hottest debate

Of the

21st century.

 

We all

Hide behind

Filters,

 

Covering up

The real

Us.

 

We mock those

Who hashtag

#NoFilter.

 

But

I

Envy

Them.

 

Those who

Are confident

Enough

 

To show

Their

True selves--

 

With nothing

But a

Smile

 

Painted

On their

Pretty faces.

 

That is a

Mark of true

Self-confidence

 

That I

Only wish

I had.

 

I don't

Have

Low self-esteem,

 

If that's

What you're

Thinking;

 

I'm

Just

A girl,

 

Teetering on the edge

Of our society's

Dangerous mindset--

 

That the

Number of likes

You get on a "selfie"

 

Defines

Your

Self-worth.

 

I long

For us

As a society

 

To break free

From this shallow

Way of thinking.

 

I want

To show

The real me,

 

With no fear

Of being

Judged.

 

This

Is

Me--

 

#NoFilter.

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