I really truly love this poem and have re-read it a dozen times since Mel sent it to me. I am so happy to post it here for you today. In fact I was so inspired by the words that I broke my camera out and took pictures to accompany it. I hope you like it and I hope you will tell her how wonderful her words are. Please visit her blog HERE
WRITTEN BY MEL DOULEUR
It will grab you.
Hold you hostage.
Throw you in a giant tumbler,
To thrash around with others
Knocking off the rough parts
And polishing you to
Shiny, smooth perfection.
Oh. Except for that crack.
It will hold you under
The magnifying glass.
Deciding what to make of
Your imperfections.
Then it will attack you
With a chisel and a hammer.
Shape you into an amazing, faceted gem.
But oh, there is still that fissure.
Examining you,
Determining how to fix you,
How to repair this inclusion.
Or hide it beneath the perfect setting.
It will find a way
To make you desirable.
Admired and adored by the masses.
But that flaw will always remain.
And eventually,
It will surface again.
And you will have no choice.
No say and no escape.
The world will see
That rift, your imperfection.
And force you, once again…
To Change.
Mel Douleur is a working wife, mother and writer exploring the boundaries of her marriage, life and imagination. You can currently find her work at https://pushingourlimits.wordpress.com.
HASTYWORDS 
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Feel this to the depths of my soul! Thank you so much for sharing it.
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Beautiful words…challenging semtiment. I prefer my diamonds fissured, unique, and just mine, rather than the clear, flawless, mass-approved ‘perfection’, which is so intimidating and somehow worth so much blood. I am flawed. I am a beautiful letdown. I am cheap and functional and sometimes even beautiful, but I have no pretention and I will sparkle my best for you if you love me in spite of my ‘deformities’…
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I admire you for that attitude! And agree wholeheartedly. I do wish society would make it easier, and that there weren’t such a draw to conform. Perfection is unattainable, after all.
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Unattainable AND confusingly different for each person…
I don’t succeed a lot…I fail often and sink under comparisons…but imperfect is all I can be, and I KNOW that the best people love me in spite of it. I just need to remember it.
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Exactly. In the face of the push for change, we should ALL remember that someone loves us, flaws and all. Thank you for engaging!!! ❤
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I hope they do…that’s the plan, anyway – we are built for relationship.
And it’s Hasty – I pretty much always do. She’s a fab poet and a good judge of other poetry 🙂
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Thank you for posting. It’s beautiful. Just what I needed
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Reblogged this on CinnamonAndSparkles and commented:
My friend Mel…. Beautiful inside and out
Please share and show her some love
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This is pretty incredible..such a great description
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Reblogged this on Searching 4 Selina and commented:
Such beautifil words from a beautiful soul!
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that damn crack…
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Sometimes the cracks are wonderful and we need other imperfect gems to show us that! 😉
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sorry… that was an obscure reference to the crack squirrels living in my head…
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Reblogged this on Mr. Modigliani's Private Studio and commented:
There are times when Missy is such a natural, inspired writer. This is one of her best.
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Powerful and true.
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A wonderful poem — those imperfections certainly deserve good poems, too.
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Thank you so much for honoring ME by asking me to guest post, Hasty! You are amazing and regardless of what changes, you always will be! ❤
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The honor is all mine. Thank you so much for doing this on such short notice. You are truly a beautiful spirit and it is clear you have many loving and adoring fans.
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Just broken by this:
“Or hide it beneath the perfect setting.”
Wow!!
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How true some days can be, looking to splice change in some way.
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crazy stuff
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