To Be Perfect

Beautiful

is just a word

and so is

Love

and

Perfection

but with six billion voices

the words become longer

get stuck in your throat

with six billion opinions

the world spins faster

or slower

but only listens to the people

complicate them

and suddenly

the words are out of reach it seems

pushed away by six billion voices

all shouting

grabbing

pushing shoving

life's a contest

a never-ending struggle

for the words we built up

to be heroes

to be famous

to be perfect

but if we all just shut up

for a few seconds

we might hear the words

like it's the first time.

Author's Note

Could mean a lot of things--but just tell me what you think.

Reviews

[Mariah]

Must...read....more!

Wow, you are an amazing writer. The short lines really add to the urgency and highlight the meaning of this poem (to me), which is the potential of simplicity. I really loved what I read.

[Rick Puetter]

This is a very interesting observation. I also think you're dead-on in what you say. The poem is well executed, but you might want to correct the disagreement in number in the first few lines, i.e., "...so ARE Love and Perfection".

Great poem. Congratualtions!

[Spilled Her Guts in Cur..]

I love this. Poetic in a way that's straightforward and meaningful on the surface but the meaning is adaptable. Well writtnen poem

[Ashton]

I like it. Great message. :)