Make Something Beautiful by Rachel Taulbee

Make Something Beautiful by Rachel Taulbee
written for The Fearless Songwriter Challenge 7/30/2020
artwork painted by Rachel Taulbee

when you wake up each morning, there’s so many ways that a beautiful day can be done
you could make up your bed, make up a big breakfast, make room in your day for some fun
you could bake chocolate cake or a yummy peach cobbler or pie perfectly golden brown
you could pull out your yarn and knit yourself up the most glorious sweater around

with a swish and a stitch,
you can make something beautiful,
if you try and let yourself play,
you can make something lovely today

you could make a trip, by car, plane or ship, go to places that fill you with awe
and when you get home, you can hang up the picture you painted of the things that you saw
you can take that nice chair that you weld ed and stained and sit down to meal that you made
you could write all your best friends a song and then sing it to them as a sweet serenade

with a swish and a stitch,
you can make something beautiful,
if you try and let yourself play,
you can make something lovely today

heaven’s not a place that you find up above
it’s right here and now in the things that you love

maybe you’d make a date with a wonderful person, the one that you really adore
maybe you’d make the time to make something so fine that you both stick around for some more
maybe you’d make some love, make a sweet little baby and have a sweet little family
maybe you’d find a house, turn it into a home, make your life a beautiful story

with a swish and a stitch,
you can make something beautiful,
if you try and let yourself play,
you can make something lovely today