You made me see

the wonder of tomorrow

and how foolish to regret

my yesterdays –

you taught me

how to take my deepest sorrows

and use them

to build a new today –

you told me how success

grows out of failure,

to have faith in me

and everything I do,

to live by kindness,

honesty and courage

and above all,

to my own self be true –

I thank you for giving me

a world where I belong,

where, even I who cannot sing,

can understand the song –