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