The Pressure to Be Perfect

Pressure to be perfect,

To never make mistakes,

Have to always pretend,

Can't ever take a break.

 

Must always be flawless,

Good at every little thing,

Can't ever mess up at all,

No matter what life may bring.

 

Must be perfectly beautiful,

Really, perfectly smart,

Very, perfectly skinny,

And have a perfect heart.

 

But perfect is boring,

You can't have fun,

It's a waste of time,

That can't ever be undone.

 

I'll still strive to be perfect,

Expectations require me to,

Won't ever achieve it though,

It's impossible to do...

Reviews

[Ravyne Hawke]

Love that you end with the truth about being perfect, that it is impossible. I've driven myself insane with trying to be perfect. I may not have regained my sanity, but I have stopped striving to be perfect. I achieved this by not allowing what others thought of me to bother me. What I discovered was that I put all the pressure on myself, not others. Great poem, lots of reflection.

[Amandaaa Caroline (:]

Thank you (: and yes, I believe that there isn't a single person on earth who can admit to never at all trying to be perfect.. But I think that the closest to perfect you can be, is when you get to that place when you're happy with yourself and who you are, when you finally stop trying to change to please others, or changing to be like others because you think that they're perfect.. Or closer to it anyways. I think everyone just needs to learn to be content with themselves, that's as perfect as we can get(:

[Ravyne Hawke]

You've got it =)

[Angie Diane♥&hea..]

I loved this piece. You don't have to be perfect to reach your goal, but every person has someone that is pushing them to be better than the others. Pushing to the point where they hate what they used to love. I enjoyed reading this. Thank you for sharing. :3

[Amandaaa Caroline (:]

Aww, it's no problem, thank you Angie! (:

[Angie Diane♥♥]

You are welcome :3

[Aehr]

expectations.... I know how it feels. You've described it perfectly here. :) Well done.

[Amandaaa Caroline (:]

Thanks (:

[Zachary_James]

Most of us have flaws, and we make mistakes a time or two. We all can dream of being perfect but that doesn't always come out to be true. Just be yourself and enjoy life!

[Amandaaa Caroline (:]

I'm trying to, thank you (:

[krish]

hey..thanks to say me to read out this .......even awesomeness is here.....
wanna u like my view now..........watch out......
"Be perfect isn't boring,
be lazy so boring,if u can't have a success drum,
then u can't get ur's travell that'll undone.......''
''May be this poetry girl is so perfect,
so can'nt we say it that's boring hectac,
u still preety girl strive to be perfect,
ur's beauty help me outt to make u so coldend,
won't u like or woul'd u like ,give me a reply as frnd request sendend.....''

[Ahmad Cox]

I absolutely love this poem and its so true too. There is a lot of power in this message. I wish that more people could read it.

[Amandaaa Caroline (:]

Thanks so much Ahmad (:

[Dream Mistress]

lovely

[Amandaaa Caroline (:]

Thank you (:

[Dream Mistress]

welcome

[Angelic_Dreamer]

The first half almost reminded me kind of of Pretty Little Liars cause they seem like their perfect but the truth is they secretly all have flaws in their life;)I love it

[Amandaaa Caroline (:]

Hahahaha, ohmygosh, I love that show! (: it comes back on tomorrow.. Hahha, anyways, thank you :P

[Angelic_Dreamer]

Ur welcome:)

[Clockwork]

I think there is a really large degree of influence that pushes girls to be this way in our culture. I think it is ridiculous. The mainstream standards are fake and downright harmful. I am glad that you identify what some of those pressures are.

My favorite part of this poem was the fourth stanza. It showed that you are an individual and that you can resist those stereotypes. I think the poem would have worked just as well if it had ended with the forth stanza. It would show that you or the speaker of your poem are not giving into the pressure of society.

Good work here! I am glad I found your writing :-)

[Amandaaa Caroline (:]

Thank you so much, I'm really glad you enjoyed it (:

[Clockwork]

You're welcome :-)

[CindyLu]

this is true, especially the ending. People get such high epectations of each other and of themselves and it causes too much unnecessary stress. Life would be much happier if we just enjoyed being who we are, if we could be content with life. That's called perfect, and it's really the opposite of what everyone unrealistically chooses to define the word as. Even though most people will never stop chasing the imposible, it's good to be one of the few who actually find it, isn't it? :)

[Amandaaa Caroline (:]

Hahahaha, what you said is sooo true! And yes, it really is (:

[TryingToBeOriginal]

This is talent beyond words i really love how you don't hide when you speak of the fact that perfect cannot be obtained it is a really good poem

[Amandaaa Caroline (:]

Awwww, thank you so much, that really means a lot, and I'm glad that you enjoyed it (: