Why Me?

YOU PICKED ME OUT
YOU DID
WAY BEFORE THE ANNUALS OF TIME
YOUR CRITERIA FOR SELECTION WAS RIGID
YOU CROSSED YOUR T’S
AND DOTTED YOUR I’S
AND WITH A KNOWING LOOK
YOU SMILED

WAS IT THE WAY I EXPRESSED MYSELF
I WONDERED
OR MY ABILITY TO TELL JOKES
BUT GET NO LAUGHTER
WAS IT THE DULCET TONE OF MY VOICE
THAT MADE ME YOUR FIRST AND ONLY CHOICE?

NO
MY CHILD
I CHOSE YOU BECAUSE I SAW THE UNCUT DIAMOND IN YOU
SLOWLY BEGIN TO CHANGE ITS SHAPE
INTO THE MOST EXQUISTE
UNIQUE AND PRICELESS GEM
AND WHEN I SAW IT
I LOOKED AND LOOKED
AND LOOKED AGAIN
AT SUCH BEAUTY THAT WAS HEAVEN SENT

ALTHOUGH YOU CANNOT SEE IT
FEEL IT
BELIEVE IT NOW
TIME HAS A WAY OF REVEALING HOW
I MADE THE CHOICE FOR YOU
TO BE NAMED
AFTER ME!


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