Perfection.

I congratulate you
On having lived all your life
Perfectly and flawlessly.
 
No such misfortune here 😊.
 
Each stumble has made me more alert
Each mistake pushed the introspections deeper
Drew out the fire of honesty
The desire to polish my character.

And some wisdom I suppose.

Most of all
The humility
Of having known that I have erred
And so may you too.

This humility makes me
Feel human
And that somehow
Feels beautiful.

I congratulate you
On having lived all your life
Perfectly and flawlessly.

As for me
I wouldn't trade a moment
Of all the follies of my past
For anything flawless

Or perfect 😊.
 
(Have you, by the way? Lived all your life perfectly, flawlessly? And if you stand today, continuously demanding perfection and flawlessness from others at every step, without the empathy to understand, the sympathy to share a bit of pain, and the compassion to forgive others a bit as long as they are trying to improve and evolve, then is that perfection of living on your part? Hmmm?)