Perfection is the perception that anything less than one hundred is not good enough
If I get two points off a science test
I get a B in that class
If I get a B in that class
I’m not valedictorian
If I’m not valedictorian
I don’t get into an ivy league school
If I don’t get into an ivy league school…
it’s not good enough
I wonder then
when will it ever be good enough?
It’s not before the ‘it’ turns into ‘I’
I can tell you that much
When will perfection driven by success
be laid to rest
by perfection driven by a fear of failure
If I get two points off a science test
I fail at school
If I fail at school
I fail at life
If I fail at life
I work in a gas station
If I work in a gas station
I am not good enough
I wonder then
when will I ever be good enough?
It’s not before the ‘be’ fades and the ‘will’ turns to ‘was’
I can tell you that much
When will the box of one hundred percent
be laid to rest
by a box that wasn’t meant for conformity
If I get two points off a science test
I don’t know everything
If I don’t know everything
I can't earn one hundred percent
If I can't earn one hundred percent
I am not worth one hundred percent
If I am not worth one hundred percent
I will never be good enough
I wonder then
when, if ever, was I good enough?