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Picasso had it right, you know... there is no such thing as perfect. Yet, there is gratitude in the flaw; there is hope in the falsehood. She appeared to me as the manifestation of a fantasy. I thought that the perfection within her blossomed her appearance as symmetry. The madness of my obsession cemented upon her scent. The string instrument vibrations of my heart so nuanced, so rare, yet, so familiar a dream as to be recollections of heaven. If she, living, tastes like love, do delicious pastries taste like death The more I knew of her, the less I knew pain, until... From our love, so robust in its ripeness, time gormlessly gorged upon us, and we decayed, like seeds in the apple trapped and never to be free. It was then that I saw her flaws and it seemed they were "real" The distortions grew numerous and each beauty lost appeal, peeling away to slowly reveal the scars that Frankenstein couldst never, ever heal, for his monster's myriad scars are the pillars of its humanity... Picasso measured the conflicted angles, and saw perfection would rob them of life. It is the awkward jostling of misshapen things that gives them movement, as they ever so try to shift into place, but if they were to do so, they would be as the yonder rock, or the caged boiling soup of ancient fuel all perfection will be ... So I let her go; I freed myself of the death I refused to become. And when she broke, I told her, "When you are whole, you will be happy to break, again." Break bread with love.
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Dec 19, 2016
Dec 19, 2016 at 5:06 PM UTC
A Subtracting Symmetry...
Picasso had it right, you know... there is no such thing as perfect. Yet, there is gratitude in the flaw; there is hope in the falsehood. She appeared to me as the manifestation of a fantasy. I thought that the perfection within her blossomed her appearance as symmetry. The madness of my obsession cemented upon her scent. The string instrument vibrations of my heart so nuanced, so rare, yet, so familiar a dream as to be recollections of heaven. If she, living, tastes like love, do delicious pastries taste like death The more I knew of her, the less I knew pain, until... From our love, so robust in its ripeness, time gormlessly gorged upon us, and we decayed, like seeds in the apple trapped and never to be free. It was then that I saw her flaws and it seemed they were "real" The distortions grew numerous and each beauty lost appeal, peeling away to slowly reveal the scars that Frankenstein couldst never, ever heal, for his monster's myriad scars are the pillars of its humanity... Picasso measured the conflicted angles, and saw perfection would rob them of life. It is the awkward jostling of misshapen things that gives them movement, as they ever so try to shift into place, but if they were to do so, they would be as the yonder rock, or the caged boiling soup of ancient fuel all perfection will be ... So I let her go; I freed myself of the death I refused to become. And when she broke, I told her, "When you are whole, you will be happy to break, again." Break bread with love.
I had, until today, maintained the belief, that perfection is simply the highest potential of what we are capable of in the moment. Yet, I have found myself constantly trying to achieve my potential, ignoring the fact that I was not capable of potential, I was only capable of trying. It means that Instead of reaching for the goal, I should have been making the necessary steps (one step at a time) and not forcing an insanity upon myself of what I understood as the full extent of my ability, because the more I expected my best in each moment, then failed to succeed and later regretted my "inability", the more I lost sight of the fact that some moment are meant to be, simply enjoyed for their worth. You see, I lost my conception of value, and furthermore the ability to practice evaluation. This occurs when you lose touch with reality. I won't go on and on about it, so, this is where my commentary ends today. In conclusion: if we lose touch with reality, we have to get back to what we understand is real: our core conception of reality; and build from there... we may just find that we are remaking ourselves, as the person we were before was headed to nowhere, or to disaster... don't waste away and waddle in despair. I hope you've enjoyed this! Peace :) DEW
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Dec 19, 2016
Dec 19, 2016 at 5:06 PM UTC
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