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All my life I saw the goodness in the world

In the great and little things…

I had strived to bring more everywhere I could

Like a flower in the spring

Yet I was so unconscious of

Where ugliness could cling

Where such a pain might have festered

Where I was needed to bring

True beauty inside

Not seeking glory, trying to justify

I had let decay so long

After years, I found my village left in ruin

How I felt like such a fool…

That I’d let her steal all beauty that she could

To create an empty jewel

And what I found there upon the throne

In her abhorrent rule

Was an old friend I cared about

And I had let her turn so cruel

All beauty outside

Filling the palace, all an attempt to hide

A curse born from an envious pride

How our village cried

I should have seen the cause of this great divide

Now, I had to face her

For beauty isn’t ours alone

A thing to steal or hoard or own

It is a light for all to see

A well of life to let flow free

And in the end, when I held her there

I knew I had to prove

Give up my beauty for everyone

And even her too

True beauty inside

Shines on its own, all vanity aside

Frees those who let ugliness hide

All I could provide, all I can do

To help out your village too

I’ll do it to help you