Perfection

They tell us "the stars are within our reach"

"The sky is your limit", they continue to preach

But nobody reminds us of the distance we drop

when we fail to reach the heights or when we eventually flop

So we leap up towards the sky with all optimism and hope

forgetting a fact of reality that a leap is only temporary

that our flight towards greatness is only momentary.

They tell us to strive for perfection

But they also say that God alone owns perfection

"How can we compete with that?" we ask

We have been charged with an impossible divine task

Who am I? Who are we? to even dream of such a feat

For God, watching us trying to emulate Him must be a real treat

amused at how we keep forgetting that we are but clay,

fragile, vulnerable and frail.

Fortunately, there are those who defy the odds

Among men, they stand tall and proud as gods

They teach us that fear is a choice, it is just an option

We can choose to be fearful of our fragile nature

Or we can choose to put our faith in a new conviction

that we are created in God's image; This alone is enough nurture

to free us from our hesitation and inhibition

to give us the push we need to make that Godlike leap

even for just a moment, the world gets to have a privileged peep

at greatness, at perfection, at us growing into our divine self

For the leap, the effort, is perfection in itself.