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