This is a poem I've performed a couple of times recently, to fairly good reviews :). This post is for everyone who has heard it and wants a copy, and for anyone else who can read. So yes, this is for quite a broad audience.
Feel free to pass it around to whoever, I don't care if you give credit to me or not. I'm not important enough yet to ask for royalties on anything.
Do you realize
You're worth more than the moon,
Than vast deserts of dunes, than the blossoms in June?
Do you know you're more important than the skies,
The wolf when it cries, the lark when it flies?
You're more majestic than the ocean,
More authentic than the motion of the wind,
And you are a masterpiece
Do you realize you're worth more than the earth?
Love has followed you since before your birth,
When your Creator chose to give you worth
And masterfully craft you - beautifully, wonderfully
Child, you don't carry yourself like a work of art
Your heart falls apart at the start of each day
When you glance in the mirror
And, to your dismay, you're not perfect?
Cut yourself some slack
I can see you don't lack
Merciless eyes that criticize
Each fault, flip, flab, fang, fart, and flaw
That aren't supposed to feature
On a Covergirl teenage creature
And as you slump through the world
Saying "Woe is me",
You close your eyes to possibility
Assuming, "No one could ever appreciate me",
And we watch as you slowly disintegrate
I know I shouldn't offer help,
But darling, you seem to be deflating yourself
You're like a walking piñata with nothing inside
And I don't think you realize
Then, one Friday night,
You wandered the streets looking for something new
And a certain fellow took a liking to you
He had sly brown eyes and a daring smile,
And you thought, hey, this should distract me for a while
So you followed
And as you took that first step, you had trust in your eyes
The look of someone deceived by showers of lies
But his words - his charming, alarming, disarmingly bold words -
Were like water to your love-parched soul
And oh, he drenched you
So you came home late, all sopping wet,
Way past your curfew and your mom's upset
But you can't even heart her, you're in absolute bliss
Your entire life has been leading to this!
And she couldn't possibly understand
Flashback
To a sophomore romance, with parachute pants and a high school dance
Lights getting dim, room getting hazy, one girl getting crazy
And one boy who can move like Patrick Swayze
Oh, baby
Trust me, your mom understands
Flash forward
To an outburst of words and miscommunications
A foundational crack in the already fragile relations
Of daughter to mother, with violent retaliations
And honestly, you had unfair expectations
Of how long and how much and how strong the patience
Of a mother is when watching her baby destroy herself
Innocence receding inch by heart-wrenching inch
And that one interaction, that's just the start
In the following months you perfected the art
Of slowly crushing your mother's heart
You lash out at her whenever there's pain
And you try to relieve it by going insane each Saturday night
And all these mind games
Add up to your, on your knees, feeling nothing but shame
And darling, you can blame your broken heart on a man,
But it began with a love that you didn't understand
You'd heard stories of love, but you wanted to feel
So you gave yourself to this guy, and all he did was steal
Your virginity
He didn't give you his heart, he just left you in his dust
And you two weren't in love, you were only in lust
And a word of advice:
Don't ever give your heart to a guy who can't keep his pants on
Do you realize
You're worth more than the stars?
More than galaxies beyond what man will ever find?
You have potential, you have life, you were made one-of-a-kind
And you are loved, more than you will ever be able to comprehend
You throw love around like dirty laundry
But you're blind to all that love could be
Love makes you whole where you have holes
Love lets you know that you are known
Love holds your hand when you're in fear
Love won't let you disappear
Love makes you strong and powerful and beautiful and new
Love makes you shine and overcome and be the perfect you
You'll be satisfied in love that's untainted and true
And He'll create in you the masterpiece He's always wanted to
If you will just realize
Feel free to pass it around to whoever, I don't care if you give credit to me or not. I'm not important enough yet to ask for royalties on anything.
Do you realize
You're worth more than the moon,
Than vast deserts of dunes, than the blossoms in June?
Do you know you're more important than the skies,
The wolf when it cries, the lark when it flies?
You're more majestic than the ocean,
More authentic than the motion of the wind,
And you are a masterpiece
Do you realize you're worth more than the earth?
Love has followed you since before your birth,
When your Creator chose to give you worth
And masterfully craft you - beautifully, wonderfully
Child, you don't carry yourself like a work of art
Your heart falls apart at the start of each day
When you glance in the mirror
And, to your dismay, you're not perfect?
Cut yourself some slack
I can see you don't lack
Merciless eyes that criticize
Each fault, flip, flab, fang, fart, and flaw
That aren't supposed to feature
On a Covergirl teenage creature
And as you slump through the world
Saying "Woe is me",
You close your eyes to possibility
Assuming, "No one could ever appreciate me",
And we watch as you slowly disintegrate
I know I shouldn't offer help,
But darling, you seem to be deflating yourself
You're like a walking piñata with nothing inside
And I don't think you realize
Then, one Friday night,
You wandered the streets looking for something new
And a certain fellow took a liking to you
He had sly brown eyes and a daring smile,
And you thought, hey, this should distract me for a while
So you followed
And as you took that first step, you had trust in your eyes
The look of someone deceived by showers of lies
But his words - his charming, alarming, disarmingly bold words -
Were like water to your love-parched soul
And oh, he drenched you
So you came home late, all sopping wet,
Way past your curfew and your mom's upset
But you can't even heart her, you're in absolute bliss
Your entire life has been leading to this!
And she couldn't possibly understand
Flashback
To a sophomore romance, with parachute pants and a high school dance
Lights getting dim, room getting hazy, one girl getting crazy
And one boy who can move like Patrick Swayze
Oh, baby
Trust me, your mom understands
Flash forward
To an outburst of words and miscommunications
A foundational crack in the already fragile relations
Of daughter to mother, with violent retaliations
And honestly, you had unfair expectations
Of how long and how much and how strong the patience
Of a mother is when watching her baby destroy herself
Innocence receding inch by heart-wrenching inch
And that one interaction, that's just the start
In the following months you perfected the art
Of slowly crushing your mother's heart
You lash out at her whenever there's pain
And you try to relieve it by going insane each Saturday night
And all these mind games
Add up to your, on your knees, feeling nothing but shame
And darling, you can blame your broken heart on a man,
But it began with a love that you didn't understand
You'd heard stories of love, but you wanted to feel
So you gave yourself to this guy, and all he did was steal
Your virginity
He didn't give you his heart, he just left you in his dust
And you two weren't in love, you were only in lust
And a word of advice:
Don't ever give your heart to a guy who can't keep his pants on
Do you realize
You're worth more than the stars?
More than galaxies beyond what man will ever find?
You have potential, you have life, you were made one-of-a-kind
And you are loved, more than you will ever be able to comprehend
You throw love around like dirty laundry
But you're blind to all that love could be
Love makes you whole where you have holes
Love lets you know that you are known
Love holds your hand when you're in fear
Love won't let you disappear
Love makes you strong and powerful and beautiful and new
Love makes you shine and overcome and be the perfect you
You'll be satisfied in love that's untainted and true
And He'll create in you the masterpiece He's always wanted to
If you will just realize
