Maybe if I do all my homework
Maybe if I take notes instead of smirk at the board in history
Maybe if I make my bed and do every chore
Rake the leaves, sweep the floor and wash the dishes
Maybe if I hug my mother when she cries,
Maybe if I help my brother realize that he will find his way someday
Maybe if I smile at my father, forgive him for his mistakes and
Give him that warm feeling of having a loving daughter
Maybe if I say yes to more boys
Maybe if I stick through all the mess and noise of every relationship
Maybe if I give my ear to every friend, and my heart too,
So they can use them as a boxes to stash all their skeletons
Maybe if I stop in the garden and smell every flower
Maybe if I stand in an October shower and look up and laugh,
Maybe if I spin and dance in the rain like it’s my last chance to
Smell the sky, ozone charged around me
Maybe if I love the world harder
It will love me back.