Perfect Lies
Perfection is a lie and curse
We struggle with images we’ve cast
Only to live and die and die as we live.
I find myself asking a question.
Do we truly live as we strive for this lie?
Or, are we just biding time? Tick. Tock.
Humanity is flawed, perfection impossible.
An unobtainable goal is destined for failure
Yet, here I still find myself asking
What mask do I wear? What story do I tell?
What do YOU think as you read these words.
About this poem
The impossibility of perfection…
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Written on August 04, 2023
Submitted by heatherg.95197 on March 17, 2024
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 443 |
Words | 93 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 5 |
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