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enough
by Maria FrancescaI'm not tough enough
I don't suffer enough
I'm not cool
or hot
or sweet enough
I don't make enough
or relate enough
I'm smarter than the average bear
but not great enough
my home is no hovel
but it's cheap enough
I'm not fast enough
or sharp enough
or deep enough
I'll never move the world -
I'm not strong enough
or be asked to join the club -
don't belong enough
but my mind is quick
and my hands are clever
and my smile is heart-born
and my soul is forever
I'm ragged,
I'm raunchy,
I'm rude and I'm rough
but I'm real
and today
that's just good enough.
02/16/2007 Author's Note: *
Posted on 02/17/2007
Copyright © 2025 Maria Francesca
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Michelle Angelini on 02/20/07 at 03:58 AM Maria, sometimes just being us is very good enough. You've said something that many people don't realize - that even though we don't measure up to so many other things, we measure excellently by our own yardstick. It's difficult to not look around us and see how and what we lack, but that's also a recipe for sadness and putting ourselves down. Thanks for this bit of wisdom. I'd love to see this as potd and it gets my vote. ;-)
~Chelle~ |
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