I saw her scars

Evidence of a life

Where great just wasn’t good enough

Where She was always just one nip away from perfect

One tuck away from perfection

One stitch away from happiness 

I saw her eyes of desperation

As she picked at things I could not see

Although I was happy to oblige 

I wondered where in her life she was during each scar

I wondered about the painful recovery

I wondered about the broken heart

Or the healed one 

I wondered if she was finally close to happy 

I felt sadness for her

But only because that could be me 

One nip away from happiness

One tuck away from perfection

One stitch away from perfect 

My heart broke for her

But only because that could be me