Perfection

Perfection

All around

Competition

Be better than the others

Be better than your friends

Be the best

Perfection

Seeing the magazines

And the models

Be better

Be prettier

Be thinner

Perfection

Watching the sports players

Be faster

Be stronger

Be better than the rest

Perfection

Colleges

Only accepting the best of the best

So be better than the rest

Be smarter

Perfection

Be better

Be prettier

Be stronger

Be smarter

Perfection

Don't be yourself

Be better than you

Be better than the rest of them

Perfection

They say

"You're perfect!"

You mess up

You feel their disapproval

Be better

You scream at yourself

Perfection

You pressure yourself

Push your limits

Aim for perfection

Nothing less is acceptable

You tell yourself

Day after day

Perfection

No mistakes

No rest

No breaks

No one to say

"It's okay"

Perfection

Unobtainable

Sought after by all

Except

The ones who know

Chasing perfection

Puts you farther behind

Than the ones

Who accept themselves

And improve themselves

Perfection

A mirage

A fake

A fraud

An insecurity

Perfection

Is

A

Demon

Hurting

All

Who

Chase

It