The Real Selfie

People love selfies,

That is just the case

People don't want us to see,

Past their filtered face

Sometimes I am that person

who hides behind the screen

But those who really know me 

know the story behind the scenes

In pictures I am tagged in 

or the ones I do not post,

My face is far from perfect

My skin as white as a ghost

I'm caught off guard or laughing too hard

and my hair is just a mess

There's food on my face or I'm in a daze

Not thinking to impress 

Those pictures are not filtered

They don't enhance my face

But they portray the real me

The one I must embrace 

I know I can be that person

Who only wants to show

The part of me that isnt real

Where the brightness is on low 

But one day when the filters

disappear and fade away

I will still be left with the beauty 

that lies beyond my filtered face