Everything Will Be Okay

I'm two years old
your smiling putting pink bows in my hair
you tell I'm part of the family now
I'm smiling sucking on a peppermint
the beaming judge gave us


I'm five years old
your smiling handing me my breakfast
you tell me school ain't so bad
I'm smiling acting as a dike to hold back the waters
about to be released on my cheeks


I'm eight years old
wondering how they could be so mean
your smiling giving me your love
you tell me everything will be okay
I'm hesitating but somehow you convince me
it will blow over
I forgot all them names they called me
but i know I'm laughing by dawn


I'm ten years old
leaving all my friends for a new town
you smile and loan me a million hugs
its a new school and I'm scared no one will like me
you give me that extra boost i need to survive
I'm smiling holding my planner with my head held high


now I'm thirteen years old
and i got a boyfriend
you worry about losing me
but its a part of growing up
and something you don't know is
i think were gonna last
I'm smiling at you holding back the tears
feeling your pain
now i say to you
everything will be okay