in pursuit of perfection
a sprained hope born in the heart
of a small beggar for love
treading on the precarious shells of parents
not holding up the fort of responsibility
those eager little minds so diligent and hungry
have you heard from workaholic?
do you know overachiever?
the blob family gives birth to incompleteness
and the fear of not needing something from someone
and then there is the thundering father who overflows
washing away confidence from that girl
or his overprotective wife
who doesn’t leave
but tries to shield the children
now grown up but still terrified
can’t make decisions
can’t commit to a face to face
can’t hold the line
but one day
procrastination man stops
cocks his ear
trying to listen to his own confused heart
stops looking backward
stops needing to be perfect
stops feeling the need to please
someone who exists only in his own mind
starts to breathe
starts to be
now
no more
no less
than himself
finally
adamevenevenadam 