DAILY SHE APPROACHED THE KING

SOMETIMES MINUTES, SOMETIMES HOURS

AND EVERYDAY HE'D GENTLY ASK

IF SHE HAD SEEN THE FLOWERS

SHE NEVER GAVE A STRAIGHT REPLY

HIS HEART WAS GREATLY HAUNTED

FOR SADLY SHE WAS MUCH CONSUMED

WITH ALL THE THINGS SHE WANTED

HER HEART WAS SELFISH, BLIND AND DIM

HER OUTLOOK OFTEN BLUE

SHE ALWAYS SAW THINGS HER OWN WAY

THE KING KNEW THIS WAS TRUE

THE KING WAS WORKING EVERYDAY

AS SHE WOULD MOPE AND SIGH

HE WAS PLANTING HER A GARDEN

FLOWERS THAT WOULD NEVER DIE

THESE FLOWERS WERE A SPECIAL TYPE

ON EARTH YOU'D NEVER FIND

SUCH PLANTS AS THESE,  REFLECTIONS OF

THE BEAUTY OF HIS MIND

HE LONGED TO SHARE HIS PLANS WITH HER

HOW FULFILLING THEY WOULD BE

BUT HE WANTED HER TO NOTICE

HE WANTED HER TO SEE

THE KING HAD WAITED PATIENTLY

A GENTLEMAN THROUGH AND THROUGH

BESIDES, HE LIKED TO HEAR HER VOICE

HER HEART HE FULLY KNEW

HE WOULD SMILE AND SHAKE HIS HEAD

WHEN SHE APPROACHED HIM WITH HER PROBLEMS

HE ALWAYS HAD THE ANSWER

BUT SHE RARELY LET HIM SOLVE THEM

SHE HAD FAITH, AND LOTS OF IT

THE KING SAW HER BELIEF

BUT SHE WOULD ONLY SEE HIM MOVE

WHEN HE BROUGHT RELIEF

THE KING TRIED TAPPING ON HER SHOULDER

HE TRIED A SCOLDING TOO

HE EVEN TRIED A LITTLE DISTANCE

IT JUST WASN'T GETTING THROUGH

THEN ONE DAY, THE TIME HAD COME

HE KNEW BECAUSE HE LOVED HER

AS MUCH AS IT WOULD BRING HER GRIEF

HE TOOK AWAY HER COMFORT 

AT FIRST THE GIRL WOULD NOT ACCEPT

THIS TRIAL COULD BE TRUE

 SHE HANDLED IT AS SHE ALWAYS DID

AND TOLD HIM WHAT TO DO 

HE OUGHT TO TAKE HER PAIN AWAY

HE OUGHT TO TREAT HER FAIRLY

AFTER ALL, SHE'D SPENT EVERY DAY   

SPEAKING TO HIM SQUARELY 

SHE HAD A VISION FOR HER LIFE

LONGINGS AND DESIRE

SHE DIDN'T KNOW OF THE SUFFERING 

ALL GOOD THINGS REQUIRE 

AS TIME WENT BY SHE DID HER BEST

TO BARTER WITH THE KING 

"I WILL DO THIS, THOSE AND EVEN THAT

IF YOU GIVE ME JUST THESE THINGS"

THE KING STILL LISTENED EVERYDAY 

BUT HE WOULDN'T SETTLE

AND EVERYDAY HE'D TEND AND GROW

EACH STEM, EACH LEAF, EACH PETAL

ALMOST WITHOUT HER NOTICING

ANGER FILLED HER HEART

SHE'D TOLD HIM WHAT WAS BEST FOR HER

TOLD HIM FROM THE START

AFTER SHE'D SPENT HER ANGER

CAME THE DARK TIME FOR THE KING

WHAT SHE THOUGHT SHE WANTED MOST  

SHE SAW HE'D NEVER BRING

SHE BECAME QUITE DISTANT 

CRYING NIGHTS AWAY

HOW COULD YOU LEAVE ME - SHE'D CRY OUT

I'M STILL HERE - HE'D SAY

TIME WENT BY, COUNTLESS HOURS

HER DISCOURAGEMENT STILL GREW

HOW AM I DIFFERENT THEN ANYONE ELSE

WHO NEVER SPOKE TO YOU? 

THEN WHEN SHE LOST HER WILL TO FIGHT

BECAME WEARY, BECAME TIRED

DOWN INSIDE HER SEARCHING HEART

SHE SURRENDERED HER DESIRES

SHE LET GO OF HER WISDOM

PAIN HAD MADE IT USELESS

AND SHE LET GO OF HER SELFISH PLANS

 INTROSPECTION = FRUITLESS 

SHE ALSO PUT HER DREAMS TO REST

THOUGH THEY PUT UP QUITE A FIGHT

SHE'D SPENT FAR TOO LONG DWELLING ON THEM

DURING LONG AND PAINFUL NIGHTS

AND WHEN THOSE THINGS WERE DONE AND GONE

SHE FOUND SHE MISSED THE ONE

WHO'D BEEN WAITING THE ENTIRE TIME

SO PROUD OF ALL SHE'D DONE  

SHE WANTED TO VISIT THE USUAL PLACE 

WHERE THEY USED TO MEET 

BUT SHE FELT EMBARRASSED KNOWING NOW

OF HER PRIDE AND HER CONCEIT 

THEN ONE DAY SHE HEARD IT 

AN INVITATION LOUD AND CLEAR 

COME AND SPEND SOME TIME WITH ME 

LET YOUR SOUL BE FILLED WITH CHEER 

SHE COULDN'T HELP BUT SMILE

WHEN SHE SAW HIS FACE

AND HE COULDN'T WAIT A MOMENT LONGER

TO PULL HER IN HIS TIGHT EMBRACE

AND AS HE HELD HER CLOSELY

HE CAUSED HER EYES TO SEE

THAT THIS WAS ALL SHE EVER WANTED

ALL SHE WOULD EVER NEED

CONTENT NOW IN HIS ARMS SHE KNEW 

SHE'D AGAIN STAY FOR HOURS 

WAIT A MINUTE - SHE ASKED THE KING 

HOW LONG HAS THERE BEEN FLOWERS?