A Picture Painted

Perfection is a picture
A picture painted
Not a landscape
nor a portrait
but a silhouette
a figure.

A darkness, a baren hole
outlined by expectations
standards, ideals
because, you see, in this society
flaws are rebuked
not embraced
They give character, life
and in a painting that would be the color, detail

And so we paint
we paint our lifeless silhouettes
so that no matter how close you may get you can't find a flaw.
This is the "perfect" person's way of retaining themselves
from heartbreak and thus failure.

Perfection is a picture.
A picture painted