My Gifts
If I could give you a rainbow
To brighten your day for a while,
If I could send you a cardinal,
To bring back your wonderful smile,
I would do it all in a minute
And then like the night steal away
Knowing I’d given you something
Although it would last but a day.
If I could give you a flower,
The loveliest one I could find,
If I could give you a beautiful thought
That you could hold in your mind,
I would do it all in a minute
And then like the night steal away
Knowing I’d given you something
Although it might last but a day.
If I could give you a small stream
That laughed as it gurgled along,
If I could give you the mountains
To put in your heart a song,
I would do it all in a minute
And then like the night steal away
Knowing I’d given you something.
Happy I taught you to pray.
If I could give you a cool wind
To cleanse the care from your face,
If I could give you the soft rain
That falls with hardly a trace,
I would do it all in a minute
And then like the night steal away
Knowing I’d given you something
Although it would last but a day.
But I’ve only my smiles to offer,
Joys and sorrows to share,
A handful of wonderful moments,
Assurance of knowing I care.
These I would give in a minute
And then like the night steal away,
Happy I’d given you something
That would last far more than a day.
written by Sara Longfellow