Excellent advice here for sure, Kimberly. The theme is a lovely one, and you have some good imagery. Focus now on creating a cohesive, consistent story.

As has been mentioned, there are many good songwriting books around. One of my personal favourites - in fact, it's beside me as I write this - is "Songwriting for Dummies" by Peterik, Austin, and Bickford. it covers pretty much everything about structure and the functions of lyrical sections, and is very easy to get through. Pat Pattison's online tutorials are also fantastic.

And do try out Douglas' suggestion. A favourite song of my own was based on the structure of a Tim Buckley song. Once I had the metering down, it was easy to come up with a completely different melody.

Donna

Honour the Earth. Without it, we'd be nowhere.

Life is too important to take seriously.