There was a little old woman
wearing a bright yellow coat.
Trying to make herself feel better
from the pain in her throat.
She biked along the waterfront
and almost crashed into the trees,
looking at the clear blue sea
that she had invisioned in her dreams.
People smiled at her,
as she biked beside them.
Her heart was cheering up,
even though she was dying.

This little old woman stopped to buy an ice-cream.
She biked to the wharf,
and watched many boats roll in.
She said, “Sweetend day,
sweetened life,
yummy ice-cream,
what a delight.”
Summer by Summer,
Winter by Winter,
this old woman sang her cheer-up song.

Cheer-Up Song
I am free,
I am pretty,
I am alive,
I am loved.
My whole body is my vessel
for my journey’s long.
I have played a million roles,
and explored a trillion roads.
I am no superwoman,
But I keep going even so.
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Emotion was always around her
even when numbness was all she felt.
She trailed onwards
and rode around on her bike,
finding friends whenever a person was in sight.

This old woman expressed her anger,
sadness, joy, love, and strength.
Her family knew her
as a grounded, wise and loving friend.

This old woman sat in her favourite garden
full of yellow sunflowers
and kauri trees,
while she talked to children about her life,
and laughed with them joyously.
Full of inspiration,
her dreams had come and gone,
But as she travelled forward,
she kept singing her cheer-up song.

Cheer-Up Song
I am free,
I am pretty,
I am alive,
I am loved.
My whole body is my vessel
for my journey’s long.
I have played a million roles,
and explored a trillion roads.
I am no superwoman,
But I keep going even so.

Amanda