my husband used to say
that a perfect day
consisted of 3 things
a round of golf
a good baseball game,
preferably live
but on TV would do
and
um, well you know
good sex

we've had a few of
those day,
but not many
because all 3 in one day
with schedules and jobs
getting in the way
make those kind of days
very hard to come by

he makes me smile though
because
his needs are so specific
to make a day perfect
but mine,
well mine are not

a perfect day to me
is so much simpler
and lighter
and reachable

my criteria comes in 3 too
it's to laugh a bit
love a lot
and do good things
especially for yourself

that sounds selfish,
but it is not
because you have to
treat yourself well
to be able to do
good things for anyone else
to thine own self
isn't that what they say?

and now
the things i am doing
improving myself
getting healthy
eating better
let's me shine through
even more
enabling perfection
every day
because i am happy
and want to smile more
and love a lot
more

and so i face each day now
with hope
and enthusiasm
and potential
to do good things
many for me
something
i never quite did before
and i like it


a perfect day
such things
we used to only dream of
because we expected
so much
made things
too complicated
when perfection
lies within us
not outside

smile a little
love a lot
and do good things
for yourself
that's perfection
at least to me