"Daughter" (Original Poem)
If I had a daughter I would tell her to be brave
Like the raw confessions of a sinner or the choices we are too afraid to make
If I had a daughter I would tell her to be aware of both hope and fear
To re-imagine and to listen to the paths of her own mind
If I had a daughter I would tell her to believe in both science and magic
To trust in knowledge but to also understand how little we truly understand
If I had a daughter I would tell her to defend art and culture
But to also look beyond the mediums shaped by fit and form
If I had a daughter I would tell her the broken fragments of society
But also show her the beauty of when paper meets pen, when souls meets friends
If I had a daughter I would show her the greatest depths of her entire world
Which I would hope can be and will be this world.
