PERFECTION

We are taught from an early age perfection is something we need to strive for

It begins with that big smiley face when we get that perfect score.

It’s so ingrained in us as we grow up that before our youth is through

We want to look and act and be perfect in everything we do.

We soon find out our perception of perfection as we make our daily climb

Changes, as it is impossible to be perfect all the time.

Ask a roomful of people to describe their perfect day...you’ll find out it depends

As you receive a myriad of answers before the evening ends.

Why is this? Because we tend to get a little wiser as we get a little older

We understand perfection...like love...is in the eye of the beholder.

When we discard our initial ideas of perfection we become liberated and free

To find moments of perfection in the imperfections that we see.

A perfect day, a perfect evening is no longer an unattainable myth

Sometimes it just depends on who you’re sitting with.

A perfect meal, a perfect party, all take on a different view

What often makes them perfect are the people next to you.

And this is as it should be for we all deserve to experience the affection

Of discovering that our lives have countless moments of perfection.

How long would we have to wait before our last hurrahs

If we chose to see as perfect only moments without flaws.

No, it seems to me it’s imperfect vision that allows us unabashedly

To view the world around us and see things perfectly.

Take this rhyme as further proof...for wouldn’t it be absurd

If I waited for that perfect poem...I’d never write a word.

So here’s a thought to end this verse, I hope you get behind it

If you go out looking for perfection today...I have no doubt you’re going to find it.