I yearn to touch the sky

I'm perhaps a tad too shy

Yeah, I may be a pushover and real nice

As sweet as sugar and everything nice

But I've been trying to

Get what I want, too

I've been looking for a long time

For inspiration worth at least a dime

Then I came across a contest

In it seemed fun to contest

So I took it on as a good challenge

Even though it was outside my range

But stepping out of our comfort zone

Is something we've got to get done

There I found this girl

Who looked like a pearl

She wasn't just pretty

Nor did she seem petty

Her I had to describe

In my mind she did inscribe

The feeling of letting go

How good it felt to do so

She reached up to touch the sky

Though she couldn't, she didn't cry

She just stood straight and outstretched

As all around in her mind she registered

Looking at what she had right here

She gave up trying to get there

She looked around her head

To the things there she said

'I'll love you for a long time

For you, I'd give my last dime'

For she was at peace with all

She had and saw, enthralled

This girl whom I know nothing of

At whom many would perhaps scoff

Quite simply, taught me the art of letting go

Of things that tie you down and a bruised ego

And truly living life to its fullest

By appreciating my harvest

Fully and truthfully, no matter how bad it seems

And not go hunting to where something else teems

All she did was to be seen by me

Now she is a queen to me

I finally found the inspiration

I looked for with desperation

To that girl, all I say is

Thank you so much!!

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