school
always begged me
to strive for things
that were
unattainable

PERFECT GRADES.
PERFECT RECORD.
PERFECT REPUTATION.
PERFECT LIFE.
PERFECTion
PERFECTion
PERFECTion.
i was hungry for it.

but you
chained me to the ground

reach for the stars

they tell me
i raise my arms
they flail relentlessly
in an attempt to grasp
luminous spheres of plasma
a million miles away
~ perfection // insmniac