I LOOK AT MY IMAGE EVERY MORNING
I NEVER AM MORE PLEASED WITH WHAT I SEE ON HEAD
A BEAUTIFUL SPRINKLING OF MY SHINING GRAY HAIR
AND EVERY MORNING THEY ARE NOT SPRINKLINGS ANY MORE
BECAUSE MORE AND MORE OF MY HAIR IS BECOMING GRAY
THE MORE GRAY THE MORE REASON TO CELEBRATE MY LIFE
INSTEAD OF MAKING ME SAD THAT I AM AGING
IT BRINGS A SPARKLE OF JOY INTO MY EYE
FOR I SEE THAT I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD LIVE TO SEE
THE MATURITY OF MY YEARS REFLECTED ON MY HEAD
THE CELEBRATION OF YEARS THAT WERE NEVER MEANT TO BE
BUT SOMEHOW THROUGH STRENGTH HAVE COME TO BE
I WENT TO A BEAUTY SHOP FOUR YEARS AGO
ASKED FOR SOME DYE TO ACCENTUATE THE GRAYS OF MY HAIR
THE BEAUTY SHOP OWNER LAUGHED AT ME INSTEAD
AS THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME ANYONE WANTED TO APPEAR OLDER
FOR EVERYONE ELSE WANTS TO APPEAR YOUNGER
BUT I HAVE EVERY REASON TO CELEBRATE MY GRAY HAIR AND MY AGE
I LOOK AT MY GRAY HAIR AND I SMILE
IN MY GRAY I SEE MORE YEARS I HAVE BEEN GIVEN IN THIS LIFE
SEVEN YEARS AGO I ALMOST GAVE UP ON LIFE
NOW I HANG ON TO EACH PASSING DAY WITH PASSION
I HANG ON WITH EVERY REASON TO CELEBRATE MY GRAY HAIR
FOR EACH DAY I SEE A NEW GRAY THE MORE I APPRECIATE A LIFE THAT WAS ALMOST OVER BUT HAS NOW COME TO BE
THIS IS NOT BECAUSE I AM WISER NOR CLEVERER THAN THE REST
THIS IS BECAUSE I HAD A CARING COMMUNITY
MANY PEOPE RALLIED AROUND ME, MANY I HAD NEVER KNOWN
THEY MADE MY LIFE MORE SIMPLE AND EASIER TO BEAR
THEY MADE SURE I HAD SOMEONE TO TALK TO
AVAILABLE WHEN I COULD NEVER REVEAL TO CLOSEST ONES
THAT I HAD A REAL LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS
NOW I LOOK BACK THOSE SEVEN YEARS
BECAUSE THEN I HAD NO GRAY HAIRS
NOW MY WHOLE HEAD IS ALMOST GRAY
IF I CANNOT SAY THANK YOU
TO YOU ALL WHO GAVE ME STRENGTH
TO YOU ALL WHO WALKED BY ME
THEN MY LIFE HAS BEEN FOR NOTHING!
I SEE ALL YOUR CARING FACES EACH DAY
AS I SEE MY GRAY HAIRS IN THE MIRROR EACH DAY
AND I THANK YOU ALL SILENTLY EACH DAY
FOR MY LIFE THAT HAS COME TO BE
TO US ALL LETS CELEBRATE EACH DAY
AS YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THAT DAY IS YOUR LAST DAY
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