Like You (2011)

The light of love and joy is in his eyes,
Though strenuous the effort of his days;
Like you, he wants to live before he dies.

Though born into a world of tears and cries,
Of hardships that dishearten and amaze,
The light of love and joy is in his eyes.

We suffer: that is something life implies –
There’s no escape, it falls so many ways.
Like you, he wants to live before he dies:

He wants the bliss and grief that life supplies,
The heartbreak and the rapture of love’s craze.
The light of love and joy is in his eyes,

While we, with perfect bodies, feel surprise
That broken things should also warrant praise.
Like you, he wants to live before he dies,

In spite of hardships most could scarce surmise,
So take the time to meet his even gaze.
The light of love and joy is in his eyes;
Like you, he wants to live before he dies.