I Made Me

I am a diamond in the rough waiting to be taken out

I am a rose amongst thorns

I am a jewel in the pig's snout

I am a pearl in the oyster being tossed about by storms

When you see flaws in me, you're not looking hard enough

When you see flaws in me, you're looking at those things which surround me

You see, it is the flaws that surround me that make me tough

You see, my toughness is what brings out the best in me 

Flaws I have not

Flaws I know not

I don't know what it feels like to make mistrakes

Most say mistakes make them, but I wouldn't know

I made myself because I have what it takes

I made myself flawless because flawless is all I know

Trees, birds, grass, worms all wish they were flawless

while I see no flaws in them, they simply see too many

Mountains, snow, crumbs, crows all wish they were flawless

while, to me, they are