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don't complain about completion

do you ever ask yourself

if something is

too perfect?

like when the

sun filters through

the leaves of a maple tree

just right,

and you can see

flecks of shadow

spilling onto yourself?

 

or when you see

a certain flower

for the first time,

and somehow note to yourself

that the petals make

such flawless circles

you wish you could

take a mental picture

of them

to keep in

your pocket

to remind you to smile?

 

or when you're sitting

next to me,

and remember that we don't

fight,

or argue,

or insult,

or disagree,

or disrespect -

don't have to fix

how we react to each other,

because how we see

one another

isn't broken.

 

 

or are those

perfect things

empty,

boring,

lacking -

simply uninteresting

to you?

because in those

perfect things,

there is nothing

to improve.

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Written by
gabrielle-boltz
Published
Jun 25, 2013
Lines·Words
46·140
Notes

the point is to

exist,

and enjoy existing.

so just... be.

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