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The Pressure Of Perfection

avolavit
avolavit • 23 followers

My GPA tells me
I'm not smart enough
To go to the college I choose

The scale tells me
I'm too heavy
To wear those shorts in public

My parents tell me
I'm a total disappointment
They had such high expectations

The government tells me
I'm a delinquent
My opinion isn't heard until I'm legal

My heart tells me
I don't deserve
To fall in love with a good person

Society tells me
I'm not beautiful
I won't stand out in a crowd

I'm always told
Love is the loudest
Perfection is boring

I tell them
Love is not louder
Than the pressure to be perfect

#coming-of-age #general #identity #mental-health #self-worth #societal-pressure
avolavit

@avolavit

I am fifteen. I have severe ADHD. Don't let my poems confuse you. Artist, closet poet, student filmmaker. I have a blog, it's not that good. You can look at it anyway. http://avolavit.tumblr.com

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Comments & Feedback (11)

sjw
sjw
Mar 8, 2013 at 6:55 PM

Really good write 😔😘

avolavit
avolavit
Mar 8, 2013 at 7:02 PM

@sjw Thank you so much. 😊 It means a lot!

patdolan83
patdolan83
Mar 8, 2013 at 7:07 PM

@avolavit too sad for one so young 😔 very well expressed though 👏

avolavit
avolavit
Mar 8, 2013 at 7:09 PM

@patdolan83 Society creates a lot of sad kids, but it makes for good poetry. Thank you very much. 😊

sleepydragon
sleepydragon
Mar 10, 2013 at 9:12 PM

@avolavit Any one that can write as you do have no

sleepydragon
sleepydragon
Mar 10, 2013 at 9:14 PM

@avolavit Whoops! Pressed button too soon. Any one that can write as well as you need have no fear what others say. Trust your heart, enjoy what you do and have fun. You can't please all of the people all of the time.. But you can please your self. ✨🌟✨☀

sleepydragon
sleepydragon
Mar 10, 2013 at 9:15 PM

@avolavit Ps what's a GPA?

avolavit
avolavit
Mar 10, 2013 at 9:16 PM

@sleepydragon That's beautiful advice, thank you. A GPA is your "grade point average", basically, a total of all your grades of the year, and years prior.

sleepydragon
sleepydragon
Mar 10, 2013 at 9:24 PM

Oh I see. My son is brilliant in so many ways, but is struggling with his grades too. He keeps running out of time. So I feel for you. One day though you will forget it all and realise none of this defines you as the wonderful person you surely are. ✨🌟✨🌟🌹🌹🌹

avolavit
avolavit
Mar 10, 2013 at 9:29 PM

@sleepydragon I have the same problem! Time is a killer! Thank you so very much, you've made my day!

sleepydragon
sleepydragon
Mar 10, 2013 at 10:46 PM

A pleasure! ✨🌟✨

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