Amy Secrist

Tag: perfection

  • Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (I hear the cardinal)

    I hear the cardinal sound his call, his metallic “chip, chip, chip!” I wonder whom he is warning off, or what he is challenging. I peer up at the nest, notice the shredded, grimy bits of plastic. I think about how nothing is perfect, yet we are challenged to reach perfection. I touch the branch,…

  • Perfection’s Imperfection

    My mom tells me That her mom told her That if everything were perfect We’d be in heaven. I’ve let perfection lure me Into its barren landscape long enough. I’m letting go of idealized outcomes and performances. I’m embracing the muddy garden and all its mess. I’m almost perfect in my imperfection; I just need…