THE STAR THAT YOU ARE

You’re spreading your wings like you mean it, this time
Getting ready to fly
I’m waving you off like a soldier to war
And trying too hard not to cry

You’ve been planning so long to go out there
I knew that this day had to come
But the strength you display as you leap from the nest
Makes me see that my work here is done

And the world will be better for it
When you show them the way that you are
But don’t ever change to appease it
Just shine like the star that you are

Where did that confidence come from?
You don’t get your courage from me
Yet it oozes from you like you have it to spare
and it’s finally setting you free

And the world will be caught unaware
As you descend upon it from afar
With the aura that always surrounds you
You will shine like the star that you are

We will miss your free spirit and prescence
When it finally sinks in you’re not there
When you write to tell us you wish we were here
We’ll be genuinely wishing we were

It’s funny to think of you so far away
I don’t even know where you’ll be
But you know where I am if you need me
As far as the eye can see

And the world will be better for it
When you show them the way that you are
So don’t ever change to appease it
Just shine like the star that you are

And the world is a much brighter place
As you sprinkle the dust from your star
And at night I’ll look up and watch over you
As you shine like the star that you are

To Sara love from Dad x

© JOE GRAHAM & JIM GRAHAM