I want my words to touch you in ways my hands can not
So, please, listen carefully…
Life sometimes can make you feel inadequate
Make you feel invisible, make you feel you don’t exist
But these are times when you then must insist
these are the times when I need you to shine
with the lights that illuminate the place so bright
And use your smile upon the world and leave it with no dark spots
Little Miss Darkness, shine.
For you are not the sum of your fears and rejections
And whenever you forget that,
when tears come streaming from your eyes,
pulling in your ears or the overwhelming reality of your tears,
please shine, Little Miss Stress, shine
whether you are doing it with someone, or you are doing it alone
And when you feel tired and you can’t go on,
request the rain to fall and the sun to shine
so that the clouds may part, and the rainbows can arise,
to show you that what you see is the inner shine within you.