Help Them See

 Help Them See

When you tell someone young
Not to change
You don't mean to do it
But you limit their range

"Stay true to your own self"
Has a ring
It might wrap them too tight
And carry a sharp sting

Guiding is good
Pushing is positive
Regret is learning
Growing is cooperative

Make a change
Take the chance
Life's not a war
Life is a dance

Holding a bit too tight
Makes it slip
You have to be in it
Not too stiff, not too hip

We can never know just
What they see
You know what you know
You have to let be what will be

So let it be, let it be
Let them be, but help them see
What could go wrong
What could go right
Help them see
The best of what can be