FAR FROM PERFECTION

I wish that I deserved you.

You deserve perfection,

and far from that am I.

I never want to let you down,

but I have fallen short of that hope.

Please forgive me for the mistakes

I have made,

that have caused you care, worry and pain.

If you are the sun

that breaks through the clouds

for me,

why can't I return the gift

you have given?

Instead I deliver rain.

I stand uneasy,

in light of the fact

that all is not well with you

on account of me.

In retrospect of my imperfection,

I realize I will make mistakes.

But when it comes to the most precious

part of my life and heart

mistakes are too costly.

Forgive me my love.