Perfection
Location
A huge deception
Held out too far to reach, right in front of us
Even by those we trust
It’s behind all the tears that leak out of our eyes
Our sighs, our cries of desperation
And frustration
How do we pick ourselves back up alone?
No courage left to be loaned
No self confidence to build on
Never seems like there’s a dawn coming
Only darkness
We tell ourselves we aren’t missed
We know only disappointment
We’ve twisted and bent
To fit into their boxes of what’s appropriate
There’s no way to alleviate the pressure
To them we are only a treasure
If we sever whatever part of us doesn’t fit what they idealize
No matter the self sacrifice
Or how much our true selves die
They only care about the perfect image
They are held hostage by their failure
To be what their own parents wished
In reality, they are climbing out of their own ditch
You see it’s a cycle
Any attempt to escape is futile
It takes a toll on everyone
It was done to them as well
But they fell into failure all the same
So they turned to the kids
And forbid the things that they think are bad
For the next generation
There’s never any relaxation
Because there’s always “room to improve”
Can we choose not to care?
To not bear this everlasting burden?
You would have thought we’d be learning
Or turning to a more realistic goal
To ease our souls
To release the stress that feels like it will eat us alive
To not feel ashamed when we cry
To appreciate all efforts
So we don’t have to resort
To desperate measures
To not suffocate in the curse of wanting
Perfection
Did I mention the depression?
Time to realize that our fate
Doesn’t lead us in a perfect straight line
It swerves, turns, curves and intertwines