Dear daughter

Dear daughter, I wrote you this letter
In case I forget how to say
All the words that are caught in my silence
When life gets in the way

Dear daughter, you came like a sunrise
Pouring gold into my gray
Every fear that I carried for years
Started slowly melting away

You will fall, you will break
You will stand in your mistakes
You will doubt your own reflection in the mirror
But your heart, bruised and scared
Is a work of sacred art
And I hope you learn to hold it so much nearer
Dear daughter, can you hear me from the future?
I believe in who you are

Dear daughter, the world can be ruthless
It will measure you by skin
By your curves and your clothes and your silence
By the shape that you fit in

They will try to sell you the answers
In a box with a bow on top
But your soul is not something for sale, love
And you don’t owe them what you’re not

You will win, you will lose
You’ll be broken, you will bruise
You will question every path your feet have taken
But your no, and your yes
Are your shield and are your dress
Wear your truth like armor, never to be shaken
Dear daughter, when they doubt you, stand up taller
You are more than what they see

Bridge:
If one day you feel you’re drowning
In the noise of every voice
Close your eyes and hear me whisper
You still have a choice
To be kind, to be strong
To belong where you belong
Not in cages built from someone else’s story
Let your tears, let your scars
Be the map to who you are
There is thunder beating softly in your glory

Dear daughter, if you ever wonder
If my love will fade with time
Know that every version of you, always
Is the rhythm to this rhyme

When your hair has silver edges
And your hands are lined with years
I hope you’ll hum this little song, love
And remember through the fears

You are light, you are grace
You’re the whole and not the waste
You’re the question and the answer you’ve been seeking
When the night feels too long
Let this simple, stubborn song
Be the promise that your heart is worth the keeping
Dear daughter, every chapter, every corner
I am with you where you are
Dear daughter, every failure, every honor
You have always been my star

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