I Will Be

I will be smiling when a love bird begins to sing;
I will be happy to smell the perfume the flowers bring.

I will be dancing when I hear the music of the rain;
I will be thoughtful when I look over a plain.

I will be dreaming to stay aloft on air;
I will be thankful to know people who care.

I will be comforted just to have a true friend;
I will be changing as if I were the wind.

I will be breathless to see butterflies running wild;
I will be longing to know once again the innocence of a child.

I will be quiet just to hear the waves of a sea;
I will be joyous just to be.

Copyright © 1999 by Shana Wilson

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