perfectionism

you’ve gotten me this far, my friend
and look how far we’ve come
where would i be without you?
in a directionless haze?
lost, without a penny to my name?

no, i refuse to accept dysfunction
as my path to an exalted life
i refuse to spend another day
obsessing over every possible scenario
without seeing what’s in front of me

the belly laughs, the exhilaration
the tree line sprawling into every colour
that the mind can even imagine
i deserve to feel it all
and if i do fall, i deserve the grace
that i would give anyone i love

so, my friend, i thank you
but i will walk this path on my own
the lurch of the unknown
the beautiful abandon
that’s what’s waiting for me on the other side