I cause myself severe anxiety
It's so hard
To have it my way
I overthink it

I don't know what it is
But I have this guilt
This fear
That follows me around
It goes where I am

It takes up time
It gets in the way

I can't make everything perfect
Can't erase that twenty-eight times
It's unreasonable
It's unrealistic
It won't happen
Even if I rewrite everything
Forty times

It still
Isn't perfect
I'm unreasonable
I'm not perfect
I know it's true
So why can't I stop
Doing it?