I See You Working Hard for Me

Music: The Harmonious Blacksmith. By G.F. Handel. Sequenced by Ken Whitcomb.

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I see you working hard for me And wonder what it means: Whether I will do the same And give up my own dreams To offer someone else my world, A stranger from my womb, And say: Here, take my life, So you, not I, can bloom. I often wonder at the depth Of that cool sacrifice; I know it can't be "just because," Or simply to be nice. It is so awesome, I can't think How I could make that choice, Except I see something in you That gives my own heart voice. I see sometimes a happiness Amid the stressed-out day That no one else can hope to know In any other way. I feel it when you look at me And understand sometimes That things I do, I do for two, And then your hard life shines. And when I give you grief, I know That all the bitter pain Between a mom and growing child Is simply like the rain That alternates with sunny days, Passion without end, While underneath is more of life Than we can comprehend. And then I know, perhaps, why I Like you might be so moved To give my life to someone else, And know that I have loved.