itsmylife's Journal

I have solved the riddle

of a three year old girl

gaining enpowerment

simply by dressing my daughter

but now you turn away from me,

"Grandmother," you cry," Mama doesn't

do it right."

and all the muscles in my heart

must hold

because I understand the truth

in which she already perceives-

her Mama  

didn't and still doesn't

do it right.

Still, little hurt girl with a

second-string mother,

I do know this-

the tiny pink bows

on the white anklets

must be turned

outward for the world

to know, to understand

you are a girl-child

and the pink bows

will help them see you

and help them remember

the respect

in the words they are to say.                      

 by devon written 9 years ago. gratitude=sobriety and my daughter resilient, strong, and in love of her Mama who once could do nothing right.........keep hope alive......