Purple Flowers

it’s a real bad day
driving to work late
everything is dead and gray

cars ahead and behind
spilled my coffee again
just one day, I say

under my breath
just one good day is all I need

to get me out of this loop

then bright purple
caught my eye
in the ditch

stretching and reaching
looking beautiful
without even trying

just one day, I say

under my breath
just one good day is all I need

to get me out of this loop

this was a real bad day
but that purple hit me in the face
God, you got my attention
where do we go now

I’ve been
in the weeds
in the muck
in the mud

and now
purple flowers
making a stand

just one day, I say

under my breath
just one good day is all I need

to get me out of this loop

got you, God
I see it now
in a ditch
on a road
beauty exists

and this bad day is just that
it doesn’t define my soul
it doesn’t mean I’m not whole

those purple flowers
they grow anywhere
look at them, girl
they simply don’t care

they don’t ask permission
they don’t wait their turn
they just find the light
and they grow where they’re burned

just one day, I say

under my breath
just one good day is all I need

to get me out of this loop

Soft indie folk, female vocal, acoustic guitar, gentle build, warm, reflective, subtle gospel choir, hopeful, intimate