searching for the words to write
to put my heart to paper
yet in lovely morning light
words slip from me like vapor

searching for a means to say
just exactly how I feel
nor dilute in any way
for already it’s surreal

searching for a single word
to express a hundred dreams
although surely you have heard
why I’m bursting at the seams

searching for the proper verse
to realize my glee in rhyme
is a rather lovely curse
for which laughter buys me time

searching for my voice today
upon rooftops now I see
that in every single way
I’m as lucky as can be

-Barbie