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Not Perfect But Healthy


How is one perfect?

Relationships, on the mind

Fake, real, love is blind

 

Mom and dad may be

Or they may be broken too

Perfect is not true

 

They can be caring

Or they can cause immense harm

Only one is kind

 

We abjure the last

And adore the former half

Conforming to both

 

Perfect may not be

But healthy is one that could

Tried and true, fair, safe

 

Emend our way's past

Emulate the healthy ones

Engender true prime

 

Strive not to be them

Those televised on a screen

"Reality", not

 

Be yourself, be fair

Be nice, be soft, understand

Their help in the dark

 

They will return it

Together we will be one

Healthy, I love you

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