Sometimes…

Sometimes someone’s perfect
Is another person’s flawed
Sometimes someone’s peaceful
Is another person’s bored.

Sometimes someone’s freedom
Is another person’s trapped
And sometimes someone’s make-believe
Is someone else’s fact.

One man’s trash, they often say
Is someone else’s treasure
And someone’s stormy forecast
Is another’s perfect weather.

Sometimes someone’s scars
Can tell a very painful story
And sometimes they’re reminders
Of a celebrated glory.

Because it all depends you see
On where you’re actually stood
On what you care to notice
And how far you dare to look.

And there is sometimes someone
Standing just across from you
Who from the other side
Can see a very different view.

Yes, all the time perspective
Will determine what we find
It’s how the number 6
Is sometimes someone’s number 9

And it is also how
You sit and count your flaws and scars
Whilst to someone just across from you
You’re perfect as you are.

✍️Becky Hemsley 2024

𝑱𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆.