a love letter to perfection

A Poem by Skye Cabrera

i wish i knew what love feels like

the feeling of your heart racing

the feeling of your body being flooded with oxytocin

or the feeling of your lips not knowing what to say next

as i observe the sea of people around me

i feel like a fisher getting a poor catch

another bad one, i ponder to myself

oh i wonder where the perfect one is

for my heart craves perfection 

the perfect first love

the perfect first date

the perfect first kiss

i dream of living it all

but logic says it is an unattainable dream

flaws bound humans to imperfection

and imperfection, i cannot learn to love

as my heart and mind won’t crave for anything else 

i give up logic and continue to dream

maybe a miracle would happen

and remove the imperfection from humanity

people may call me naïve or up in the air

but so what? isn’t that what love is

love is not just blind, oh no

it is naïve and ignorant

but one day, i’ll fall and i won’t hold back

i won’t stop myself from being grounded

though for now, i’ll drift in the clouds

and write this love letter to perfection