New_daughter_country_3

You found me through DNA,

I got a new daughter that day.

I didn't know you existed,

But I'm glad that you persisted.

Every time I see your face,

You're a twin to the girl I raised,

Uncanny resemblance, true.

With ten years between you.

Why did your mom keep us apart?

What happened in her heart?

I can't hate on her, she's troubled,

All the secrets in her mind are muddled.

I wasn't where I shoulda been,

trespassing in their partnership,

I knew there was a baby,

She said it was not mine.

Her man knew you were not his.

He left then because of this.

And she mistreated you for years,

mocking all your fears and tears.

While I know that I'm half to blame,

I was unaware of what became.

A wound that's somehow old yet new,

That I couldn't be a Dad for you.

I never even got the choice,

To hear your precious baby voice.

To rub your hair until you sleep,

To teach you how to read.

Teach you how to love a steak,

So many boy's hearts to break.

Teach you how to drive a stick,

to build our lives, brick by brick.

At times I'm devastated,

We lived our lives separated.

But I see the woman you became.

The strength in you, I cannot claim.

Now that I know about you,

There's a thing that I would do.

I wish i could go back in time,

To raise that little girl as mine.

Your mother should have told you.

Now I just want to hold you.

But you're all grown up now,

So that would be weird.

When i think what might have been,

I'm angry we were cheated, then

I'm really glad the Lord has got you,

Something I would have taught you.

I never even got the choice,

To hear your precious baby voice.

To rub your hair until you sleep,

To teach you how to read.

Teach you how to love a steak,

So many boy's hearts to break.

Teach you how to drive a stick,

to build our lives, brick by brick.

You got life by the tail,

degrees, a home, not in jail.

Three kids and a husband,

And as cute as a button.

Parts of your life have been a hell.

I'm amazed you turned out so well.

You're my daughter, you're my heart,

Yes, we'll heal, two states apart.