Spare me perfection. Give me instead the wholeness that comes from embracing the full reality of who I am, just as I am. ~ David Benner

I’ll never be perfect.
I can’t read my own handwriting,
and usually words are mispelled <sic>
in anything I composed.
I don’t have an accent…
I talk with a drawl!
Despite Mother’s telling me
for years to sit like a lady, I don’t!
I’m neither polished not graceful
and I’ve quit trying to be.
That’s okay, though!
Spare me perfection.
Give me instead
the wholeness that comes
from embracing
the full reality
of who I am,
just as I am.