Good Enough

I spent sixteen hours working

on books covers 

Not a moment on the words

Inside 

Just plugging prompts 

Into AI 

Hoping each time it would spit out

What I was seeing in my head

But couldn’t create myself

Oh sure, 

I can do a little cut

and paste, make

A few tweaks to

Blend two images, 

Take out a background,

Hide some malformed hands

With a well-placed font

But I can never quite be sure

It’s good enough —

that I can look it over and believe

it matches what

I’m trying to make myself out to be.

And right on time

that other Me chimes in:

It doesn’t have to be Good Enough 

Just good enough —

Make something you can 

Stomach leaving on the doorstep 

Of the world and walk away from 

to start the next one.

Rinse and repeat.

Do that enough

And with luck 

You’ll finally feel good enough 

To deserve the incredible life

You already have.