Perfection

Perfection

...is no trifle.

Each of us is wasting time
either seeking out perfection
or avoiding it entirely.

I've glimpsed perfection
but cannot describe for you
what I actually saw.

Someday we'll all sit awed
witness to an eternal perfection,
the glow of it warming our faces
and illuminating the shadows.

. . .

As I share this with you,
I just caught the devil
winking at me.

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March on. Do not tarry.
To go forward is to move toward perfection.
March on, and fear not the thorns,
or the sharp stones on life's path.
~ Khalil Gibran

Every particular in nature,
a leaf, a drop, a crystal, a moment of time
is related to the whole, and partakes
of the perfection of the whole.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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