Here's a poet's plight: To force words to come is a fight; Gorgeous nothings hold no light; Meaning shall not bow to might.
Thirty thousand words or more – All just sounds heard before; But somewhere deeper there's a door, A certain feeling from some core.
Or, in clearer words: I have nothing Great to say, but That shouldn't stop me anyway From speaking when I feel I must; No other way to reverse this rust.
Perfection is a savage Curse to ravage the mind 'Round and round in circles, growing blind.
But of all the stones and stars Or overpriced, shiny cars The greatest gift of all you give Is that you let me gently live.
You accept me as I am, Tarred and scarred and marred with gray, There's a thousand whispers, but they're all okay When they won't be judged anyway.
There's this frustrating little tic Where no words can quite click Because no lovely language can compress or stress enough meaning into a tiny little space That could give a hint of a trace Of the meaning that was felt.
Suffice to say it seems somehow insufficient, Nothing Great, simply true: You're wonderful as you.