my soul is twisting
judging me and begging you
to release me from pain
to say I am absolved
I am understood
I am esteemed still
but I know that is not what I need
I need me to say
I am absolved
that I do not need absolving
I am simply me
trying to do the best I can
as are you
and I know
I am real and whole and good
no matter what you think
or I think you think
we are all struggling to be right
to be certified free from defect
but we are not
we are human
and we are trying
and I am trying
and I am me
and that is enough
Mar 9, 2017
Mar 9, 2017 at 7:51 PM UTC
my soul is twisting
judging me and begging you
to release me from pain
to say I am absolved
I am understood
I am esteemed still
but I know that is not what I need
I need me to say
I am absolved
that I do not need absolving
I am simply me
trying to do the best I can
as are you
and I know
I am real and whole and good
no matter what you think
or I think you think
we are all struggling to be right
to be certified free from defect
but we are not
we are human
and we are trying
and I am trying
and I am me
and that is enough
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