To Be What You Are

To put up a fight,

To never give up,

To find your way,

To make it all worthwhile.

The joy and the pain,

All this to be something,

Having found what you wanted,

To be there and smile one day.

She bloomed with joy,

It made her cry,

She broke the ground,

And today, she stands high.

To look down and see,

I am what I thought I would be,

She thought,

Was this fate or me?

She looked up and saw the sky,

And thought there is much more to try,

To do what you can,

And never ask why.

We all can go far,

It takes will,

To be a flower,

To be, what you are…

Copyright 2006 Shobana Jayaraman