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Beautiful, Flawed, Perfect

Totality of us

By Novel AllenPublished 3 years ago Updated 3 years ago 1 min read
Beautiful, Flawed, Perfect
Photo by Dainis Graveris on Unsplash

I see you and you and I Perfect living within our skin

Flawed beautiful though we hide it beneath a veneer of sin

Trying not to let the world in

We slither between threads of life so thin

And lose ourselves in the interim trying so very hard to win

slam poetry

About the Creator

Novel Allen

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. (Maya Angelou). Genuine accomplishment is not about financial gain, but about dedicating oneself to activities that bring joy and fulfillment.

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  • Adam Stanbridge3 years ago

    Nice one.

  • Yay, I'm so happy to see an entry from you :) Such beautiful wording.

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