22 Reflection

Mirrors reflect our likeness, but we never look too closely.
We hope to see perfection.
We never will.
Instead, fun house mirrors, distorted to make you taller, thinner, fatter.
We hold up our phone to refilter ourselves.
We hope to appear polished.
We never do.
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We always do.
We change to be accepted.
We lean on our friend to hear truth.
Instead, we doubt their words, lying to make you prettier, funnier, braver.
We always will.
We gasp when we see ourselves.
Mirrors reflect our truest self, and we must learn to trust mostly.