When did the flowers get so colorful?
And the sun seems so bright;
When did the sky get so blue?
I wonder, is everything right?
 
The sun was shining yesterday,
But not with so much light;
The flowers were red, pink and blue,
But they didn't catch my sight.
 

Oh, look at the butterfly,
How odd that I should see;
Is the world around me changing?
Or is it only me?

 

Did meeting you make me different?
My friends say I glow;
I feel a little seed of something,
In my heart trying to grow.

This seed is trying to grow I fear,
Tries to stop it are in vain;
Am I ready to love again?
And chance the horrible pain?

I want to love again, yes, I really do,
But love can cause so much hurt;
When the one you give your heart,
Shoves it in the dirt.

~ Sandra Oidtman ~
© 1999