ALL THAT YOU CAN BE
When you ask yourself
who you are...
who do you want to be?
Who do you want to see
when you're looking deep inside
your mirror of reality?
When you look at you, are you happy?
Have you found tranquility?
Is everything you say everything you do?
Or is everything you talk about
a reflection of the blackness in the hole
that's deep inside of you.
Does your smile inspire serenity
or arouse untrusting insecurity
from those that look your way?
What is your wish today
if you could wish it true?
Would you show all the ones you love
an even bigger better part of you?
Would you wrap them up and hold them tight
and say 'You truly are amazing,
thank you for being you.'
If you could be a friend
of the best and loving kind.
If you could be that trusted one
well then how would you define
that giving loving friendship
as it spans the sands of time?
What would make them love you?
What would make you shine
brighter that all the other friends
that stand so deep in line.
Would you be giving of your heart
and respectful of their mind?
Would you find the joy within the moments
that might scare them down the line?
Would you see the one's they care about
and be proud to say "these are friends of mine."
or find yourself the opposite of
how they might define you
in your actions and your ways.
How would you live your days?
Would you live them like you're free
of all the hatred in this world?
Would you invite the one's you love
to share in all the moments
that you have yet to find
with hopes of fun adventure,
and memories and stories
that never quite get old
even it they're told
a billion zillion times?
Who are you?
Are you who you want to be?
In this moment. This one right now.
Are you who you want to see
when you end up sitting with your grandkids
pointing at the pictures of who you used to be?
Are you proud of all the time you spent
on all the things you thought that mattered?
Or will you even have a book of memories,
with so many stories and pictures tattered
that all you can do is laugh
and be thankful that their yours.
If you don't have the answers yet
to all the questions deep inside,
just know it's important that you try
to look the rules straight in the eye
and wink and smile then say goodbye
and try another unlocked door.
And when you crack it open
and you see another mirror
don't forget to smile a bit
don't hide behind your fear.
Just take that simple step inside
and show them why you're there.
Show them that you're proud to be
the one they say they're proud to see
when they claim you as their friend.
Show them all your love
by being all that you can be.