Perfection

It’s all confusing

It makes me want to cry

The uncertain feelings

The feelings from inside

 

I create huge expectations

I strive for the best

I demand perfection

I live for the test

 

But when the lights are off

And nobodies home

I question myself

I feel all alone

 

I know I am loved

By my parents it’s true

I know that they care

I know they do

 

This is my battle

It comes from inside

My dad says allow it

It will dissipate with time

I’m going to fight through it

The talent is there

I just have to focus

Think right

Think care

 

I know I’m special

I’m reminded every day

By what’s said around me

And what’s clearly displayed

 

As I move forward

And as I dream

I have to relax

I have to breathe

 

Battles are battles

I’m ready for the fight

Because I am loved….

And because dad was right

 

The only thing to fear is not doing your best

I believe I am ready

It will meet all the test

 

Once I let go

I can become who I am

I know I’m special

I know I am

 

I was born with a purpose

I was born with great pride

I was born to be a champion

I’ve always felt that inside

 

Maybe that’s what happens

When you’re born to win

Maybe that’s what creates

The confusion from within

 

Now that I know

What I have to do

It makes perfect sense

Just relax

And be you

Life

So here we are…

Everything is at our fingertips

We’re safe and comfortable

Full of food and possessions

Loaded with expectations and dreams

Yet something is very troubling, unpredictable, and incomplete so it seems

However safe we are, we’re frozen with fear

For a creature with such potential

We seem to struggle from year to year

Our cravings are insatiable

Expectation are riddled with fraught

Our dreams are nothing more

Than fleeting moments of thought

One moment we are happy

The next in deep despair

It’s hard to see the conundrum

Between surviving and living well

Though everything is at our finger tips

We never seem to touch

The truly important things in life

Those that really mean so much

Virtue, service, and kindness

Are the greatest in the end

And the irony in this life

Is that it all comes from within