Perfectionist

I can be so hard on myself.

 

One minor mistake
can make me nose dive
into depression.

 

I can cry myself to death
for something so trivial
as a typo or a stutter.

 

I curse myself out
for doing something so dumb.

 

I'm my own worst critic.

 

It takes weeks before
I will forget the mishap
unless something far worse
takes away my focus.

 

At my core,
I'm a classic perfectionist,
a borderline obsessive compulsive.

 

I can never forgive myself
for being...human.

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