TO MY DAUGHTER

I thought I was a woman but I was just a girl
the first time I kissed a boy and felt love in my heart.
I thought I was a woman but I was just a girl
the first time a boy I had kissed tore my heart apart.
I thought I was a woman but I was just a girl
the first time I knew it was more than like, it was love.
I thought I was a woman but I was just a girl
The first time I vowed my love before my family and God Above.
I thought I was a woman but I was just a girl
The first time I held my child and realized I was a Mother.
I thought I was a woman but I was just a girl
the first time the one I loved betrayed me for another.
I thought I was a woman but I was just a girl
the first time I thought I knew the difference between the two.
I knew I was a woman and no longer just a girl
The first time I decided to love myself and to thyne own self be true.
Now that I am a woman I have not forgotten being just a girl
so for the first time my dear daughter let me say to you
On your journey to being a woman and no longer just a girl
I will always be your mother and have taken this journey too.
I will be the woman to guide you while you are just a girl
the first time that you need me I will be here for you.
Just like the woman who guided me when I was just a girl
teaching you to love yourself, as woman and as your Mother,I must do.