hey, it’s morning

today is a day

to wake up and acknowledge

that human beings make mistakes

and you are human too.

humans of all ages

find themselves

moving backward,

collapsing inward,

circling something with arms outstretched

and failing to get closer.

perhaps all of us

spend our days

moving our mess around,

never able to sit back

and see the task complete.

perhaps some of us

don’t mind so much –

or perhaps all of us

get some days off

from the miserable job

of counting our flaws.

perfection can’t happen,

so maybe that means

you’ll never completely accept

who you are and what you haven’t done,

or what you’ve done and who you’re not.

maybe.

but there’s the dawn again,

tugging on your sleeve,

a little scrap of sunlight filtering through

all the fog of last night,

so why not try?

.

even if it’s not morning anymore,

something can still begin.