My daughter

When you were born

you were so beautiful 

You were mine 

you were a part of me 

I looked at you and cried 

Tears of joy rolled down my cheeks 

How proud i was to hold you 

You made me a mother 

Thank you for coming into my life 

Thank you for being my daughter 

I learned to love beyond reasons 

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When you were growing up 

you were beautiful 

You were mine

you were my life 

I looked at you beaming with love 

Tears of joy rolled down my cheeks 

Thank you for coming into my life 

Thank you for being my daughter 

I learned to live selflessly 

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When you were twenty years old 

you were beautiful 

You were mine 

you were my reason to live 

I looked at you beaming with pride

Tears of joy rolled down my cheeks 

Thank you for coming into my life

Thank you for being my daughter 

I learned to live a life of purpose

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When you left that day to college 

you were so beautiful 

You had dreams in your eyes 

you had a smile on your lips 

I hugged you tight with love 

Tears of joy rolled down my cheeks 

Thank you for coming into my life 

Thank you for being my daughter 

I learned to live with pride

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When you came back home in a coffin 

You looked so beautiful 

I looked at you in horror and disbelief 

you, a part of me lying dead and cold 

I hugged you tight lest you should leave me 

Tears of guilt rolled down my cheeks 

Sorry for bringing you into this world

Sorry that you had to be born a girl 

Sorry that i could not safeguard you from the claws of the vultures 

Your pained beauty asked me a thousand questions 

Your lifeless presence broke me into pieces 

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My daughter - my baby, my joy, my pride, my love, my life 

Thank you for coming into my life 

Thank you for being my daughter 

Thank you for giving me the strength to fight for you 

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I fight for you 

for every daughter who was you 

for every mother who is me