My Daughter

For sixteen years I've watched you grow.
Nurturing and loving so.
I've watched the woman you've become.
You've no idea how proud I am.
With dignity and graceful ease,
You always aim to try and please.
And though your heart may ache inside,
you'll bite it down so you can guide
someone else who's feeling down,
your empathy, your golden crown.
I'll mourn the little girl now gone,
as side by side we carry on.
Embracing change, a different page,
two adults, now you've come of age.
So if I had a single wish,
I know for sure it would be this....
Promise me, whatever you do,
to always, truly, just be you.