For My Daughter Rising intensifying gathering force Her energy crashes over us both like a wild tsunami Let me blunt its force, I think, patch up a damn Protect her from pain I cannot control That was written in our destinies long ago Chosen but not chosen Yet no one, not even a mother Can catch the water with her bare hands The surge pushes on But I cannot direct its path or lessen its force Rather I am the witness, the proof that it exists That it matters in a dark and endless universe Finally her small voice speaks:
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For My Daughter
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For My Daughter Rising intensifying gathering force Her energy crashes over us both like a wild tsunami Let me blunt its force, I think, patch up a damn Protect her from pain I cannot control That was written in our destinies long ago Chosen but not chosen Yet no one, not even a mother Can catch the water with her bare hands The surge pushes on But I cannot direct its path or lessen its force Rather I am the witness, the proof that it exists That it matters in a dark and endless universe Finally her small voice speaks: