I’m Really Really Real
Well…Here I am
There you are
Yet this moment isn’t real, won’t be
Real until I’m captured
By the click of your camera, light
Shining in my eyes for an instant, and the moment
Forever encapsulated and belonging to you
All of you, to consume
The red blink has come to represent the real world
Reality spills forth from our phones and thumbs
Scrolling down a timeline to determine chronology
That time I lied about how much fun I had at beach, lying
About how fun the road trip was
As my butt numbed from excess hours in my seat
Let’s not forget my alone time, that I spent with you
Because that, that is real
I’m not taking the high road
Else why would I seek validation
For rearranging words that are familiar to you
You don’t need to be there
But your presence drives me to duplicate more
So we can stew shared in our shared weakness
Our shared humanity
