Original Poems by Me

Imperfection

You told me I was perfection

After I claimed you to be great

And I hardly think "great" is enough

So let's start with a clean slate

My better word than "perfection"

While many think it's the opposite

My perfect word is "imperfection"

And now I'll explain just why

You're imperfect; you have faults

And I love you for all of them

Your faults, your quirks -- they make you, you

And that's why I just had to write this poem

Whether it were in prose

Or whether the poem rhymed,

I simply had to write it

For that's how my perfect word -- "imperfect" -- is primed

You're perfectly imperfect,

That's certainly true;

You're perfectly imperfect,

And that's why I love you