Sorry for the length, but I wrote this after something that happened to one of my students a few days ago. It's the first thing I've written in a long time that is probably a song.

With acknowledgements to John Lennon

I see your tears falling

It really breaks my heart

I know right now you believe

Your world just fell apart

 

You can’t see through the darkness

The next move to make

Destiny just closed a door

For now there’s no escape

 

What if you’d done things differently?

If only you had known

The future’s not a given

Seems it’s just on loan

 

I try to offer comfort

Through words of a great man

Life is what happens

While you’re making other plans

 

I’ve been through such darkness

I’ve shed similar tears

Built pathways that have crumbled

And seen dreams disappear

 

I wish I could convince you

Things will turn out for the best

But time’s the only teacher

That can really pass that test

 

Though tears are now falling

One day you’ll realise

Sometimes our darkest moments

Can be blessings in disguise

 

We find the strength to go on

When it’s taken from our hands

Life is what happens

While we’re making other plans

 

May time grant you the courage

And the faith to finally see

What now feels like failure

As an opportunity

 

See obstacles as stepping stones

A new path built day by day

The “what ifs” you carry with you

Will simply fade away

 

You’ll find luck, and love, and happiness

In ways you don’t expect

Your road will take you places

You haven’t dreamed of yet

 

So step into the darkness

The universe has got it planned

Life is what you make it

When you take fate by the hand