A perfectly linear shape painted in gold Is what you see Through Instagram pictures Facebook posts Snapchat videos The tacit life I lead in the virtual stairway I am living the life! So you say You painted my life in the most shimmering color Turn on every light in the room to make it brighter Gazing with admiration Sometimes Most of the time With jealousy Seduced by the lure of the blue light dependency Turning this perfect lie into some meditation And make it my definition An image I’ve built to cover the within A perfect fragmented me I post on social media A habit I borrow for social gatherings A behavior forced into me For the sake of society! An illusion so fragile made out of eggshell A shell covering the true essence of ME Uncovering myself for the world to see The egg wall and make believes shattering To life unpredictable burdens That perfect golden shell cannot bare life’s hurdles Holding something beautiful that doesn’t curdle I am more of what you see More of what I let you believe More of society’s standards More of you More of me I contained beauty and imperfections I contained colors and bricks Strengths and weaknesses Enough to **** in all life’s miseries And to also reflect confidence and vulnerabilities I am not just one color I am every shades Every undertones Every hues that follow the changes I am the intense The neon The eclectic The iridescent From the lightest to the darkest The contrasting The complementing The chromatic I am in nature in art in paintings Everywhere I am every northern lights dancing to my own ballet Don’t just paint me with your own palettes Crack me open And see what’s inside For there you will see My true colors