In a Perfect World

Copyright ©1996 by Richard J. Sereday Jr.
All rights reserved

Oh, if only this was a perfect world.
A world without mistakes.

A world where everything
always went right.

A world where we always
said and did the right things.

A world where a promise
was a promise.

A world where trust
was trust worthy.

A world where we could
count on the ones
we can count on.

I was one that could be counted on,
one that was counted on,
one that didn't always do
what I was counted on to do,
much like those that I counted on.

How could I have let down those
who counted on me?

How could those I counted on
have let me down?

How could I have said
and done the wrong things
to the ones that counted on me
to do the right things?

How could the ones
I counted on
to do the right things
say and do the wrong things?

Why does life take
such unexpected turns?

When we can't count on
the ones we can count on most,
who can we count on?

Well, just maybe "God"
and maybe self,
but so many times
we let ourselves down.

If we would take the time
to look at ourselves,
and become the person
we could count on,
then we could become
the person the ones that count on
us could count on.

Yes, for this is not a perfect world,
and human beings are far from perfect.

If we could try to do
the best we can do,
that's good enough
for our "Heavenly Father".

In a perfect world
everyone could forgive
just like him,
but in a perfect world
there would be nothing to forgive.