Selfie.

Knowing I'm not good enough
isn't good enough.

Deluded for a moment,
graced by your presence,
the starker the contrast.

Thinning, stretching,
overreaching,
it's in my nature.

Dreaming you dreaming me,
set cogs in motion.

Dreaming keeps sleep at bay,
and the birds remind me I earned less than I wanted, more than I hoped.

And never enough.