A Masterpiece of Yours

Staring back at you

Your reflection shows

Daring laugh at you

For it knows

The mistakes you make

The steps you take

And the earth you shake

The stairs you will climb

And in that time

It knows the mountains you’ll quake

Oh, the history

You’re bound to make

The stories that’ll be told

Of every step you may take

Every bone you must break

Climbing through the trees

You will all but fall to your knees

Everything it will take

Despite every sacrifice you've already made

For it is Time in which you’ll race,

It will test you,

You’ll have no choice but to break

But through those broken pieces,

You shall create

A masterpiece.

On a wall in the hall of fame

In which Your Name will hang.

In the place

Where a child may stand.

They will stare at a future

Under bright skies of the land

You raise your eyes

Under a blanket of stars

Tears will run down your face

Watching them gaze at what you’ve carved.

You finally realize

You’re a piece

Of a greater puzzle

Of a small heart that beats

And In the tree, I’m the leaf

That will tell your story

When you didn’t think, anyone was watching

You, on your journey, didn’t even realize

The path you’ve laid

The smiles you gave

The days you’ve made

And the hearts you’ve saved

This is a story about you

Written by me,

About all and everything,

that you will be.