Daughter

Today, 
I saw, 
in your eyes, 
your world fall down, 
around you. 

Without explanation, 
the people you thought, 
you could rely on, 
turned away, 
leaving you alone, 
and crushed, 
with a sadness, 
I have never known in you.

I wanted in that moment, 
to remind you, 
of gorgeous you are, 
when you dance, 
and of how your hair, 
is formed, 
to a perfect ballerina style, 
and how,
you can jump, 
and leap, 
and find the pulse, 
of the rhythym, 
that makes you move, 
and smile, 
and how happy,
that makes, 
me too see, 
and I just, 
want you to know, 
that this, 
broken feeling will not be there forever, 
and soon, 
you will dance, 
when the time is right. 

T.S. Deary 
1/25/24