Dear Sweet, Daughter of Mine

DEAR SWEET DAUGHTER OF MINE
DON’T LET YOUR MOTHER’S TEARS BECOME YOUR OWN

LIFE HAS BROUGHT US DIFFERENT PATHS
TO TEACH US TRUTHS FROM SEEDS WE’VE SOWN

MY PATH LED ME TO DISTRUST
THEN WEIGHTED DOWN BY HURT AND LOSS
I KEPT MYSELF FROM OTHER’S LOVE

WITH PASSING TIME, I’VE COME TO KNOW
THAT TRUST BEGINS WITHIN ONE’S SELF
TO LISTEN AND TO FOLLOW THROUGH
ON WHAT YOUR HEART IS TELLING YOU

DEAR SWEET DAUGHTER OF MINE
MY LIFE IS BLESSED, MY FAITH RESTORED
BY YOU WHO’S LIFE IS SO DEVINE

AND NOW OUR PATHS CAN MERGE AS ONE
FOR YOU HAVE SHOWN ME BY YOUR LOVE
THAT THERE IS ONE WHO HOLDS MY HEART
AND KEEPS IT SAFELY IN HER OWN

YOU ARE THE WINDING VINE THAT BINDS
DEAR, SWEET DAUGHTER OF MINE

mkc