Screenshot Smiles

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I have learned to live through a screen.

Watching my friends get to live,

normal teenage lives.

I live vicariously through each

picture,

and video that I see.

I thought my virtual reality was over,

that's how it was supposed to be.

But I'm still tethered to my bed

and chained to my phone,

hoping that maybe I can feel

just a sliver of what I'm missing out on.

My smile is fake,

but it's gotten so good you can barely tell.

Bared teeth,

and peppy texts,

everyone's a fool

unless I tell them the truth. 

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