I sometimes look at other’s photos
especially photos of people I know
and I see something in their eyes
sometimes I see an expression there, an uncommon look
either uncertainty or nervousness or weakness
and I think they must not like that photo
because it puts them in that unusual space
something that’s them, but not them
but then maybe they don’t see what I see
maybe they look at their own picture, and it’s okay
for my own self portraits, I try to get it right
to show what’s inside as well as I can with a two-dimensional representation
in this photo, the color is wrong
but the rest of it is right: this is how I feel
this is: me
