Sweet friend how I wish to be like you
naturally kind yet so strong too
how I'd like to walk the halls and people know my name
how I'd like to be surrounded by the Heaven's gaze
a sugar cookie frosted with pink icing
a silken curtain blowing through sunshine
a gift to an ridiculously serious world

Dad says we don't have bread flour
for my fancy focaccia bread
My grandma's biscuits don't call for bread flour
heaven's little clouds on our baking sheet
silky dress with a light blue cardigan
for church on sunday mornings
cows mooing
home.

My piano teacher taught me
to love songs that play to hearts
Let me speak to yours
Let my language scream truth

every day is gone
before I know its here
every day I love
yes, ones filled with tears
please help me to grow
every single day
and never waste a moment
and love anyway

I'm going to a birthday party
for a kid I barely know
another year of life
for a beautiful human soul

the first cup of coffee
is hope
the remains of pandora's box
every morning

palettes of color
reminds us of summer
light to dark
tan-orange arc
lavender’s nice too
I'll paint for you