Watching My Daughters Grow Up

My daughters were home this past week on a school break. The girls are 19 and 21. I am amazed at how grown up my children have become.  Considering those facts...this poem fits well in the stack.

So I share it with you.

Daughter

Looking at you

I realize

That soon

You won’t need me

Anymore.

Time passed

Without my notice

And now

Your nearly ready

To go out on your own.

It’s too late now

And I can’t bring back

The past.

I must face letting

You go

With so much left unsaid.

God watch over

This woman-child of mine,

Be for her

What I cannot be

As she moves into her time.

Guard her steps,

Hold her heart,

Hold her close

To You.