First published and performed with JDPP

All my life I dug and dug, I was searching

Digging for hopes, digging for dreams

I thought I had lost mine, maybe accidently

Buried them in a haste, looking greedily for things I didn’t need

When I should have been satisfied with the lot I’d already had.

Finally I discovered my dreams and my hopes

Had been laying above the surface all along,

They were quite easy to spot.

So easy to see that someone nearby was coveting them.

But they’re mine I whispered.

I had to act fast.

Without a second thought,

I buried them in the dirt.

I had to.

It was the only way to keep them safe.

As I buried them, the tears fell from my eyes,

What I didn’t know was

When I buried my dreams and hopes

They were seeds,

And once the coveter was gone

And the sun knew it was safe

God called my dreams and hopes to blossom.

The ones I had watered with my own tears.