real?

Filters on, but the cracks still show

Say it’s fine, but the truth too low

Smiles fake like tv glow

Warm on screen, but cold below

They say, “just be you.”

But they mean a version

With less truth

More moodboard

Less soul

More purchase

I laugh but i’m not here

Ghost in a mirror

Copy of a copy

With a beat in its chest

But no clue where it’s going

Is this voice mine?

Or just something i mimic

To feel like i belong

On someone’s explore page?

I post and wait

Likes hit like pills

Quick highs

Crash still kills

Was it ever real?

Real?