Perfectly Broken

I tried to become

What I was never meant to be.

Perfect.

Untouchable.

Dead inside.

I counted every scar like it was a crime,

Measured every failure, every wasted night.

Built a cage from expectations and shame,

Then carved the word perfect into my name.

But I'm tired of pretending

That I never fall.

Tired of hiding every fracture

Behind these walls.

Let the cracks show.

Let the whole world see.

I'M NOT PERFECT!

AND I'LL NEVER BE!

EVERY SCAR IS PART OF ME!

I'VE FALLEN, I'VE FAILED,

I'VE LOST MY WAY!

BUT I'M STILL HERE

AT THE END OF THE DAY!

I'M NOT PERFECT!

I'M ALIVE!

I've said the wrong things, I've made mistakes,

I've watched my best intentions break.

I've been the villain in somebody's story,

I've chased my pride and sacrificed the glory.

But I won't spend my life

Trying to erase

Every ugly piece

That made me who I became.

NO MORE SHAME!

NO MORE LIES!

NO MORE HIDING

WHAT'S INSIDE!

I AM FLAWED!

I AM SCARRED!

I AM HUMAN!

AND THAT'S ENOUGH!

I'M NOT PERFECT!

AND I'LL NEVER BE!

EVERY SCAR IS PART OF ME!

I'VE FALLEN, I'VE FAILED,

I'VE LOST MY WAY!

BUT I'M STILL HERE

AT THE END OF THE DAY!

I'M NOT PERFECT!

I'M ALIVE!

Maybe the cracks let the light come through.

Maybe I'm not supposed to be brand new.

I don't need perfection to know I'm enough—

I just need the courage

To be honest about who I've become.

I DON'T NEED TO BE PERFECT!

I DON'T NEED TO BE WHOLE!

I'D RATHER BE A WOUNDED HUMAN

THAN A PERFECT EMPTY SOUL!

I'M NOT PERFECT!

AND I'M FINALLY FREE!

I'LL WEAR EVERY SCAR

THAT BELONGS TO ME!

I've fallen, I've failed,

I've crawled through the flame—

But every broken piece

Still carries my name!

I'M NOT PERFECT!

I'M REAL!