"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