Thank you for your love

Thank you - for loving me the way you do -
selflessly, intensely, with your whole heart and soul...
thank you - and i do hope you'll love me true -
for that's how i do truly feel for you, too...

You give me days of peace and joy -
and plant that smile on my lips...
and in my eyes, the sparkle of love is there -
whenever i look you in the eye...

So i say a little prayer every day -
that your love will always be there...
to fill all the empty crevices in my heart -
and make each day better than the last...

What Life Has Taught Me

I've always been afraid of standing up alone -
like a creeper in the garden, i needed support...
i've always wanted to stretch out and climb higher -
but my roots hold me down, my tendrils make me cling on...
i've always been second best: the best was never meant to be mine -
only the bravest and the brainiest get the best - i had always thought...

But now i strive to beat the rest: compete to be the best -
to stand out: head and shoulders above all the others in a crowd...
i've conquered my fear of being left all, all alone in a hostile crowd -
for i have faith in my friends, and believe that those i love will lend support...
i have faith in God, and have come to realise that He helps those who help themselves
so now i am ready: from my tendrils i'll break free, and reach out for the sun high above...