Maybe the sun doesn't glow,

It just burns.

Maybe the river doesn't flow,

It just runs.

Maybe my day can't be perfect,

But it can be fun.

So who am I to suspect

The clock as it turns.

Maybe I can just learn

To follow my heart,

When night is dark

And morning hits like a dart.

Every ray might burn and char,

But with patience, they'll turn me to a star.

Rome was not built in a day,

Maybe I will build pillars so strong,

No wind can sway.

Maybe I can become the woman,

For whom the crowd parts a way.

Maybe I can no longer be afraid

Of the past and future yet to be made .

Maybe then when you smile ,

I will mean it when I truly reciprocate .

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