Flaws

I know making you less perfect
won’t make me any better
yet I can’t help it
I fabricate your flaws in my head 
as if it would make my own disappear 
almost as if ruining you 
made me any better
…
almost as if making you imperfect
made me as perfect as you

—maybe I should learn to love my flaws instead of obsessing over yours

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joseph randall

Date: 6/11/2025 1:20:00 PM

I have that same problem great poem and here i thought i was the only one who obsesses over the things I'm supposed to love them for

Adriana Hernandez Diaz
Date: 7/7/2025 6:26:00 PM

not at all. this is acc abt one of my best friends. actually, js posted one abt my sister. ur NOT alone <33 also, u might like the song jade by sierra sikora