20150929: To my Daughter, on her birthday, so far away.

 
I walk with you

Day by day,

I watch over you

All the way,

I can't be with you always -

You are grown up I know;

Forty one years ago

You were a helpless parasite

On my maternal goodwill;

But how you have grown!

I couldnt imagine how well!

You've turned into a belle,

Confident and strong, 

Better than me -

That is exactly how

It should be.,

You did the work,

I take the credit,

Such a beautiful daughter!

How could I merit

Such good fortune 

In having you here?

So I still walk with you,

Every day I hold your hand,

I watch you live your life;

Not vicarious - just exultant -

Watching you be mother and wife   

The day will come, one day,

That my spirit is all that remains;

But still I will watch over you  -

All the way. 

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