I'm Not Perfect

Tony36

I'm not perfect

I make mistakes

I make choices

I'm not perfect

There is nothing

You can say or do

That will change that

 

Because I live for myself

Not for you

You have no right

Telling me how I should live

You have no right

Telling me you know better than I

 

You do not walk my path

You do not know my story

You may not think that I am perfect

Fine by me

 

I am the one who lives this life

Not you

I have made mistakes

I am better for those mistakes

For I have learned from them

 

I'm not perfect

My life does not fit into the box

You call perfection

My life may not mean much to the world around me

The world can not control me

I do not live to please the world

I live to please myself

 

I'm not perfect

Stop trying to put me in a little ball

This world calls perfection

It's never going to happen

 

I am not perfect

Accept that fact

Like me

or

Hate me

I will not change

 

Until I die and go to Heaven

Perfection is out of reach

For this man

I strive

yet

I fall short

 

I'm not perfect

No matter how hard you try

You will not change that

 

I'm not perfect

I know that

I don't need you

Pointing it out

You laugh

You taunt

You have your fun

At my expense

You don't bother me

I know who I am

My friends like me

For who I am

So you don't like me

I am not changing

 

I'm not perfect

Don't try to put me in a box

To fill your idea of perfection

I will break the walls of that box

I will prove that

Though I am not perfect

I like me the way I am

 

I am not perfect

I do not fit the idea of perfection

This world has

I don't care

I may not be perfect

And in a way

I'm perfect like that

 

I'm not perfect

Accept me

Flaws and all

Accept me

  • Author: Tony36 (Offline Offline)
  • Published: July 18th, 2017 10:35
  • Comment from author about the poem: I know it's long, but hopefully still enjoyable. Find this and many others at www.tanders-tma.blogspot.com
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Comments8

  • AmandaJade

    so wonderfully written, definitely enjoyable !!!

    • Tony36

      Thank You

    • Christina8

      Wonderful poem, Tony! A pleasure to read! Written straight from the heart!

      • Tony36

        Thank You

      • Fay Slimm.

        No one need put up with taunts as this well written appeal makes so clear - - flaws and all if we try to live life as we feel right that is all we ever need. Expertly said Tony.

        • Tony36

          Thank You

        • FredPeyer

          Tony, this may be a little bit off from what you are saying in your excellent poem, but it points in the same direction. Somebody once told me that a man will never understand a woman, but if you love her you do not need to understand her.
          Your poem so nicely reminds us that what we need is unconditional love, unconditional acceptance.

          • Tony36

            Thank You

          • Michael Edwards

            None of us are - great scribe Tony.

            • Tony36

              Thank You

            • BRIAN & ANGELA

              Thanks for telling us TONY ! We all know you're not perfect ~ but we all LOVE you ~ for being you ! Sharing your poems and always reading and commenting on ours ~ Your Poetic Friend ~ BRIAN

              • Tony36

                Thank you

              • Goldfinch60

                Good write. Are any of us perfect?

                • Tony36

                  Thank You

                • Accidental Poet

                  Nothing wrong with not being perfect. I think Sinatra said it best, "I did it my way". Excellent write Tony.



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