even though logic says different,
a part of you does not believe 
it’s normal to be imperfect.

that you will make mistakes,
miss some detail or take wrong turns
no matter how you try.
but let me remind you,
imperfect is human

and while on your journey
it’s true that you will learn 
and you will grow, i hate to burst 
this bubble, but you will never reach 
that highest
pinnacled peak 
of perfection.

the sooner you welcome this
the sooner you will stop
inflicting self-pain harsh,

striving to walk a path
you were never-ever meant 
to even begin.

so, come on over to the place  
some of us humans live
and join in the ranks of those 
just doing the best we can.

where we don’t stop growing
or trying, but when we don’t 
meet every mark we choose,
we say, “you know that’s okay.
perhaps that goal was unrealistic,
or possibly even unkind. i can
adjust and start again.”

and grow to not fear
your certain, imminent mistakes. 
they are part of the journey,
par for the course, 
yet they do not ever 
define. 

heather pound 2026

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