"Here's How I Look at It" by Jacqueline Joy

I close my eyes and pretend 
I prop you up and make excuses for your behavior 
I lie to my friends and say I’m fine 
I tell my sister that it’s really a great life 
I post pretty photographs on Facebook 
Inside I die a little bit every single day
While you look through me 
When I can take it no more
I look at me and see
There’s so much more to me 
Than pretty photographs by the sea
I leave you 
And I find me