I Am More

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I am not perfect.

I am not a model human being.

I constantly make mistakes,

And that is an inescapable reality.

I am reminded of my failures daily.

Missed assignments.

Missed meals.

Missed calls.

Missed connections.

(And it’s so hard to make them in the first place.)

So long I’ve lived my life

Ashamed of my introversion.

Surrounded myself with extroverts

To make up the difference.

Sometimes it works.

But I find myself with borrowed friends.

Borrowed plans.

And don’t get me started on borrowed money.

I’ve got so little in the first place,

And I’ll be eating ramen for the foreseeable future.

So often I see this college lifestyle romanticized,

But mostly I’m just stressed out and broke.

But I guess I’m doing alright.

 

I’m making do with what I have.

Humbling myself with the realization

Of how much I do not need.

And how others have even less than I.

I’m learning that I cannot be measured

By my failures.

All my faults do not define me.

Life is truly about the extent to which we love.

The passions we each hold within.

Certainly not the numbers on my paycheck.

And I have no shortage of dreams

To say the least.

I have not yet been broken

By a world yearning to beat me down.

Despite the media pointing out every flaw,

Every ripped stitch,

Every zit,

Every petty imperfection,

I still aspire to be more.

I am more than what I own

(Or rather what I do not).

I am more than the scars that line my skin.

I am intelligent.

I am beautiful.

I am kind.

I am overflowing with love,

Unburdened, passionate love.

I am in my life’s prime.

I can see my potential just on the limits of the horizon.

This is my time.

And the world cannot deny what I have rightfully earned.

Not when I have worked this hard.

The world cannot take away what I already have inside.

My spirits will not be crushed.

I will dive headfirst into the daunting possibilities before me.

And although I am not perfect,

I am exquisitely radiant.

I am a glowing individual.

I am flawless beyond compare.

 

 

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Grant-Grey Porter Hawk Guda

Powerful expression! 

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