Perfection

Why do you keep searching
for things that do not exist
looking for angels
in another's tea dress
climbing up ladders
that lead to nothing
cleaning up shelves
only left for dusting

Renounce every drop
of what your name means
denounce ever word
of clarification
bend every ear of every page
that crossed this stream
bind yourself
in your own perfection

Take a shuttle out of town
leave for the harbor
say your farewells
to all those hollows
burn your wounds
and your feelings
for nothing leads
to nothing

Farewell all those
with stone hearts
and Mary's
with bleeding souls
for we are done looking for
clarification
and
declaration
just wrapping ourselves
in our own perfection