I Want....

I want....

I want to be pretty and wise

youthful and free

I want the good in my life to remain

pure in spirit and memory

I want the hard to be less 

the music to play

I want the sun to paint the sky

the stars to grant wishes

I want the the children to laugh

and never know real pain

I want the wars to end

soldiers to come home whole

I want my tears to make it better

smiles that reach your eyes

I want to do it over right

while holding treasures tight

I want to have enough of what you need

the world to turn slowly

I want to hold on

you to let go

I want to know peace deep inside

love spread across the miles

I want to be strong and steady

floating lightly on the waves

I want you to love me

just as I am

I want to be more then this

yet just the same

I want simple and sweet

long and lovely

I want life to be a garden in bloom

bees thorns and all

I want to be lost and found

to find contentment

I want to remember all I stand for

why I fight and smile anyway