You are destined for greatness, <br />Yet you do not even know, <br />You have such passionate feelings, <br />Yet you never let them show. <br />I carried you in my womb, <br />And now I watch you grow, <br />Soon will come the time, <br />When I have to let you go, <br />I have always loved you, <br />How much you may never know, <br />I have always been so proud of you, <br />But my foolish pride won't let it show, <br />You are so beautiful, <br />Yet it to you it seems unknown, <br />Your endless wit can be a gift or a curse, <br />Use it carefully when you are grown. <br />I'm sorry for not being the mother you may have always wanted, <br />I raised you to be everything that I am not, <br />Only because I want the best for you, <br />So you don't have the life I've got. <br />Just know that I've always loved you, <br />My precious daughters- I always will, <br />And when it is my time to depart, <br />I will love you still.<br /><br />Denice Woods<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-my-daughters-2/
