what I didn't want

I didn't want to be a number
I didn't want to be a cog
I wanted to be remembered
Not someone that time forgot
I didn't want to be a suit...
I didn't want to stay indoors
I wanted adventure
To see what the world had in-store
I didn't want to be married
I didn't want to be a mother
I wanted to be a free spirit
Not relying or being relied on by another
I didn't want to be locked in a cage
I didn't want to be labelled
I wanted to be all that I could
Not have my expectations downgraded
But that was when I was so young
I didn't know the ways of life
Or the paths of sorrow
Balancing on the edge of a knife
I didn't know I wanted to be a mother
Until a bundle of limbs was handed to me
Looking at the beautiful face of my daughter
Imagining all of the things she could be
I didn't know anything
I didn't know what I wanted from me
But now I know all I want
Is my daughter to fly free
To see the world and wander
To fall in love with the sea
To stretch her arms out in the wind
Be all that she can be
One day when she's grown
I'll be so proud of the woman she becomes
Whether she's busking and making music
Or splitting atoms
She is my greatest achievement
My mark on the world
And I'll fight tooth and nail
For my little girl.