I don't want greatness.
Greatness takes walking through fire,
And living to tell the tale.
It takes losing everything you hold dear,
And coming back stronger.
I don't want that.
I want to grow old with the man I love.
And raise my darling daughter to outlive me.
Please God, don't give me greatness.
I don't want to pay the price.
Let me stay mediocre and content.
With a story too uneventful to tell.
A happy ever after that won't grab any headlines.
But quietly fills my heart to bursting every day.
Keep me unremarkable, I pray,
So I can continue to bask in the beauty of a blessed, blissful ordinary life.