From the outside world
Outside the shutters of this Cape Cod home
Lies curiosity
Assumptions
Incorrect rationalizations
The label slapped on the house
“Here lies the perfect family”
Three sport athletes
5.8 GPAs
Smiles slapped on their faces


Just a peak through the shutters
One may see the reality of what lies inside
The cement walls suffocate the stressful cries
The cement walls keep the pressure of a perfect family crammed inside

Just a peak through the shutters
One may see the reality of what lies inside
Imperfection
Faultiness
Failure

Just a peak through the shutters
One may see the reality of what lies inside
The clear image of a flawless family is distorted
The clear image deteriorates
The clear image is now an image of inadequacy

Just a peak through the shutters
One may see the reality of what lies inside
A caged seventeen year old
A caged fifteen year old
Both striving for perfection
Striving or forcing perfection?
Cut off from the world
Incapable of showing their imperfections to the world
Fear of their imperfections
Caged

Just a peak through the shutters
One may see the reality of what lies inside
Caged imperfections