Beautiful Things Take Time

Gather ‘round the table, friends of mine
The light is peeking through the trees in the east
No apologies for walking slowly
You are welcome here wherever you are
You may be halfway through
Or you have just begun

Like the leaves that fall just right
Turning red and orange in the fullness of their lives
You are spinning ‘round the sun in the light
Darling you just have to lift your sight
And someday you will see you are not behind
Sometimes beautiful things take time

You have poured out love along your way
We are nothing without kindness that we make
Strangers may make you feel late and lonely
But they don’t know the ways you’ve grown up tall
You may be almost through
Or you’ve begun again

(Chorus)

Through the ages we see
And we’ll be learning all our lives
That the rhythms of our days
Are sacred steps along the way
In this space we find between when
Beautiful things take time

© Julie Marie Boettcher 2020