When I Was A Kid I Was Perfect Poem by Sandra jacks

When I was a kid I was perfect,
well I made a few mistakes,
I guess I should say,
but now that I'm older,
I'm not so perfect,
no not in that way,
not that I can say.

When I was a kid I was perfect,
but now that I'm older,
I'm not quite okay,
I've made some mistakes in my life,
in a bad way,
a really bad way.

But now I'm older,
I should know the difference,
I've seen the light,
the path should be clear,
and now that I'm older,
the lines are further blurring,
on which way to steer.

If you saw me,
in my heart,
you'd see it,
like this black thing,
that won't go away,
I thought it did years ago,
thought I could be perfect,
the 'me' they all knew,
but I guess it just hid somewhere,
near.