To Let You Shine
1.19.2019
All I ever wanted
To help the natural beauty
Of your wood to shine
All I ever wanted
Was for the world to see you
As I always have
Was for the world to see you
See your shine
All I had in mind
The world for you
To highlight you
Take the light held in my hand
And shine on you
But they had different plans
They sanded, buffed and polished you
Every edge
Every grain
A complete redo
A completely new
A plastic you
Not a light held in their hands
But a mold to pour their plans
So now I must apologize
I wish that I could just rewind
‘Cause when I look into your eyes
You struggle now yourself to find
The natural beauty of your wood
I know still there
But it’s no good
What makes it the worst
How you believe it too
What they did to you
Is hide the real you
But I want you to know
I see you as I always have
Though the world has failed to see you
I’ll give you all I have
To bring you back again
Every edge
Every grain
The natural beauty of your wood again
And just let you shine
Feel you again
To let you shine
