far from perfect

FAR FROM PERFECT

WE ALL HAVE FAULTS NO MATTER WHO WE ARE

& MEMORIES SOME OF WHICH WILL HAVE LEFT A SCAR

NONE OF US ARE PERFECT AND WE HAVE TO ACCEPT

ONLY PAIN WILL COME FROM THINGS BETTER, IN THE PAST KEPT

THE FEELING THAT WE WERE WRONGED & HARD DONE BY

LIVING A LIFE WHEN WE WOULD LAUGH LESS THAN WE WOULD CRY

THOUGHTS OF OTHERS FAVOURED MORE THAN OURSELVES

FEELING LIKE WE WERE REDUNDANT LEFT ON THE SHELVES

REALITY IS THAT NO ONE IS PERFECT AND LIFE IS NEVER EASY

IT’S NOT A CASE OF MILLS & BOON, EASY PEASY LEMON SQUEEZY

SOME OF US STRUGGLE, DAY TO DAY TO DO OUR BEST

MANY WILL FALTER AND INEVITABLY FAIL THE TEST

AS A CHILD WE DON’T ALWAYS SEE THE DIFFICULTIES FACED

THE KINDS OF PRESSURES UNDER WHICH FAMILIES ARE PLACED

SOME OF US ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO COPE

SADLY THOUGH SOME ARE LEFT FLOUNDERING WITHOUT HOPE

DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO JUDGE THOSE WE FEEL CAME UP SHORT?

DO WE EVEN TRY TO UNDERSTAND OR GIVE THEM A SECOND THOUGHT?

WHO ARE WE TO SAY THAT WE ARE ANY BETTER THAN THEY

FOR WE TOO MIGHT BE JUDGED ONE DAY IN THE SAME WAY

SOME ARE UNABLE TO MANAGE BECAUSE THEY ARE UNPREPARED OR ILL 

NEVER ABLE TO MANAGE EVEN WITH THE GREATEST WILL

LIFE IS SHORT & WE ALL HAVE REGRETS OR DREAMS UNFULLFILLED

IS IT WORTH THE STRESS OR BAYING FOR BLOOD TO BE SPILLED?

THE ANSWER IS NO!! WE ALL HAVE SKELETONS & FAULTS TO HIDE

LIFE IS NEVER EASY BUT MORE LIKE A ROLLERCOASTER RIDE

WE ALL HAVE THE CHANCE TO MAKE THE FUTURE BRIGHT

TO JUDGE OTHERS, FIRST WE MUST STEP INTO THE LIGHT

ONLY WHEN WE ARE PERFECT AND CARRY A HALO ABOVE OUR HEAD

CAN WE TRULY BE JUDGE AND JURY OVER THOSE WE WISH TO TRED

IT DOES NO GOOD TO HARBOR ANGER, HATE, OR DRAG UP THE PAST

INSTEAD WE SHOULD THINK AND LEARN BEFORE ASPERTIONS ARE CAST