"I Want to Give You the World"

I want to give you the world  

with its promise    

with its pleasure     

with its plenitude   

I want to give you the world      

without the doubts    

without the debt   

without the desperation     

I want to give you the world   

with its splendor   

with its sunrises  

with its surprises    

I want to give you the world     

without the worry      

without the weaknesses     

without the wantonness   

I want to give you the world    

with its hope     

with its humor     

with its happiness     

Copyright 2011 Elizabeth Abrams Chapman