Beautiful Things We Saw On April 4

Mountain trees slowly turning green again Big fluffy dog looking like a cloud Facetime with my cat 'cause I'm studying abroad The water glistening at Boston Seaport Picked some fresh flowers from a field near my home A stranger saved a child who walked out in the road Teenagers on a scooter on their way to school I think, they were falling in love Mum cutting veggies into stars for me Two little birds singing in a cherry tree Sisters hugging on top a climbing wall The flowers at my grandma's funeral These are the things we saw These are the things we saw on April 4, oh A beautiful rooster strolls down the road A ladybug on the bench by my home The beach at night hearing crashing waves My mum being happy on her birthday My girlfriend kissing me goodbye Two squirrels on my window in the sunlight Playing in the park at sunset with my toddler Laughing so hard she's getting hiccups A woman with a moon tattoo on her foot A parrot flying in the streets of California My dog running full blast through a field When I call his name These are the things we saw Beautiful things we saw on April 4, oh Shoes on a boy two sizes too big Me and my colleague sharing sweet mandarins His face and his smile bringing coffee in the morning A mouse nibbling some bread An old couple kissing with energy Two little rabbits in the cemetery Zebras running through the Serengeti My best friend in love Highland cows huddle as the rain came down My baby kissed the top of a radish sprout My sweet Dachshund followed me around While packing up to move to Canada These are the things we saw Beautiful things we saw on April 4, oh A lady picking up trash from the street A mother and her son wearing matching beanies A collage of sunflowers from my auntie The roast potatoes getting crispy Some nice discounted cheese that I bought A big St. Bernard jumping in a pond Neighbours opposite me making love A sweet good morning text from my crush The baker smiling unexpectedly My rescue dog walking next to me A picture that I painted in Lviv During an air-raid alarm These are the things we saw Beautiful things we saw on April 4, oh My bus to work arriving on time My first birth as a student midwife My husband's first smile after our fight A hundred Swifts flying in the backlight Raindrops like jewels on a spider's web The doors of the hospital as I left Two lovely old Italian men Drinking some wine in Rome My boyfriend's chickens hiding from the rain Grandpas chuckle on his birthday Two little kids on the subway Completely immersed in their books These are the things we saw Beautiful things we saw on April 4, oh Riding my bike through a storm of snow A little robin looks into my window Dancing crabs in Mexico The first morning in our forever home A chalk rainbow on the streets of London A frog just chilling on the pavement My girlfriend enjoying a bowl of ramen The first autumn mist across the mountain Sunset made my neighbours sheep look pink An old man asked a statue for a kiss A glimpse of my dad reading and smiling I hope to see him smile more These are the things we saw Beautiful things we saw on April 4, oh My Calico cat watching bumblebees A friend jumps around in new dungarees A kiss blown down from a balcony Caught below on the street A man cycling with an office chair on his back A girl with a bunch of tulips on a tram Little girl in Kindergarten sat on my lap And she called me 'beautiful' A hidden garden near the conference centre Two lady bus drivers laugh together A man sat alone on a street corner With a sign that said 'SMILE' These are the things we saw Beautiful things we saw on April 4, oh Woke up to a world painted snow-white My new therapist for the first time A man singing loudly on his bike A baby giggling to their parents delight A squirrel running fast down an empty road My student helped a friend zip up her coat Seasons changing from green to gold Auntie Mary Jane died at 98 years old Mum coming out of surgery smiling Some new tiny sprouting seedlings A photo of my grandma from the 60s It's her first birthday in heaven These are the things we saw Beautiful things we saw on April 4, oh The first sunny day of the year in Maine Colleagues doing puzzles on a coffee break A homegrown parsnip that we ate Train to Glasgow on my birthday A guy with a kitten in his hoodie on a bus My curly hair after a haircut Met a physicist outside a local pub And his dog shook my hand A grandmas smile in the supermarket A Jack Russell like my childhood pet My little boy drew a face on his bread With a bit of blueberry jam These are the things we saw Beautiful things we saw on April 4, oh The design for my beautiful mum's headstone My dad reading a story that I wrote Saw a nun win at Ludo The charity shop had my grandma's clothes Parents give each other a morning hug People singing their hearts out Kids playing in a bomb shelter My best friend's face Old man with a beret, cigar, and glasses Reading on a bench as the world passes I've seen him on the same bench before Seeing him made my heart feel warm These are the things we saw Beautiful things we saw on April 4, oh These are the things we saw Beautiful things we saw on April 4, oh