PERFECTION

About Jessica Whitehead

I know you,
although I have no understanding of all that you are.
Yet, do I need to know you perfectly
in order to perfectly know you?

I see your potential,
even though no one knows the true extent of your potential.
Yet, do I need to know your potential perfectly
in order to perfectly recognize your potential?

I need you,
even though I do not understand my own needs
Yet, must I understand my own needs perfectly
in order to feel a perfect need for you?

I love you,
even though I do not have a perfect understanding of love.
Yet, need I have a perfect understanding of love
to love you perfectly?

Then , tell me...
do we need to perfectly understand LIFE
in order to live in perfection?

Terry Hayward
January 26, 1999