This Woman

By Butternose
(Check out song #23 "Daughters" to get the feel for this entry.)

It’s a shame that you’ll never understand,

The woman I became,

The woman that I am.

To you I’m just a girl,

But to me I’m someone else.

A wife,

A mother,

An individual if nothing else.

I don’t know how to explain

Who I’ve become,

Or who I want to be.

But I want you to know,

This woman that I am,

There’s more than what you see.

Maybe one day we’ll meet on common grounds,

And we’ll

Listen, and

Observe,

Value, and

Esteem

Each other.

Until then I’ll stay your little girl,

And you can stay my mother.