Perfect Isn’t

Perfect smile. Perfect score. Perfect friends. Perfect life. Same old copy-and-pasted person that doesn’t actually exist. Because your “perfect” doesn’t actually exist. Perfect isn’t real, it’s rehearsed. It’s practiced pain smothered in layers of polish. The shiny, bright kind— accompanied with a shiny, bright smile that never quite reaches the eyes. Because “perfect” isn’t perfect— It’s pretending.