"Perfect Is 'Boring'..." Poem

This was mentioned so off the wall that I wanted to pause and 'taste' it.  What does it say for us and our perceptions?  How 'jaded' we have to feel, how cheated somehow - to lose all the wonder behind-our-eyes.  And yet I soooooo understand the intent... Damn.

"Perfect Is 'Boring'..."

Rainbows end-to-end
Fools spitting into the wind
The sharp CRAACCK of that first Bite
  of a cold, crisp apple... and Eve's delight...
Perfect is 'boring'.

The touch of a cheek in morning's light,
Looking into eyes that even god can't forget.
lips softer than innocent dreams...
Perfect is 'boring'.

When you KNOW  it was just right THERE!!

You touched the face of God,
and felt your own tears...
Perfect is 'boring'.

I'm so broken even children cry
and the wind's echoes just whisper within
and tomorrows always come... again...
"Perfect..."

Chris

 

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Geralyn Miller]

I spent much of my childhood striving for perfection; until I realized I was bored, extremely bored. I spoke to a Jesuit priest with whom I often discussed/argued religion and philosophy and he just laughed and said "Perfect is boring".
It changed my entire outlook, I no longer had to be perfect. It was as wonderful a feeling as removing a pair of too restrictive shoes. Ah, sweet release!
I enjoyed your slant on the saying; perhaps I should amend it to "Human perfection is boring."?

[Amy Bumpas]

Perfect could be the not so perfect things, the more simplier.
I love this...so visual, soft, reminds me of sexy too....Perfect is
boring, yet we strive to be.

[Judy Ponceby]

Perhaps we don't appreciate the beauty and magnitude of attaining "perfect" that can prevent it from boring. I have subscribed to these thoughts in the past that "perfect is boring", but your poem has inspired some deeper thought. Very well done, once again. :) Sometimes perfection can be found in the very imperfection we perceive..... :) just another thought...

[Legacy]

Chris,

A jaded perception? Perhaps perceptions protect us from memory…? Perfect, absolutely boring... I could not agree more.

This poem: further from boring than a rollar coaster ride - kept my senses sharp! I must tell you that I have several favorite parts in this work, and to list them all would only make my points get bigger and who cares about points they are just perfect~

Just to enlighten you though, in short: the craccck, the apple, the touch of God, being broken... Suppose that means I enjoyed the entire poem, great job with that.

This poem should be a submission into the Enlightenment contest for Poetic Infusion Society, if it is not already.

Have an UN-perfect day,

Legacy

[Emily B]

I bet it was an amazing conversation

[Lily Mae]

"I'm so broken even children cry
and the wind's echoes just whisper within
and tomorrows always come... again...
"Perfect..."

And so it is.... :) I love the visuals that I had while reading.. Very nice.. I love it..x