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If I Should Have a Daughter

April 4, 2013
By Literature_Darling GOLD, Warrenton, Virginia
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Literature_Darling GOLD, Warrenton, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;To live is the rarest thing of all. Most people exsist and that is all.&quot; ~Oscar Wilde<br /> &quot;I am a writer quite by accident, the way one my fall and rip a hole in their jeans.&quot; ~Blogger H. B. Sachs

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If after I am old and grown,
When I have a daughter of my own,
I will sit her down and tell her,
All the things I wish I’d known.

I will tell her all I learned
From touching the fire and getting burned
I will teach her from all my mistakes
And impart the wisdom I have earned.

Yet I know she will not hear me.
Good as my advice might be.
She will look for the knowledge by herself
The knowledge I already see.

But once she is old and grown
She will remember the wisdom I’d known
She will remember as she tells it
To a daughter of her own.

© Courtney C., Palm Coast, FL

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OakwoodCat GOLD said...
on Oct. 3 2013 at 10:48 am
OakwoodCat GOLD, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
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&ldquo;Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: &quot;What! You too? I thought I was the only one.&rdquo; <br /> ― C.S. Lewis

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This is great!!! I loved that you focused on passing on your wisdom to your daughter... very touching in a weird way... Keep writing!!!
DifferentTeen PLATINUM said...
on Jun. 23 2013 at 11:56 pm
DifferentTeen PLATINUM, Seaford, Delaware
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&quot;There&rsquo;s no such thing as true love, just spurts of insanity&mdash;falling over and over again, thinking that won&rsquo;t happen to me&quot;

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That was my comment by the way, I don't know why my screen name wasn't posted. ^.^
. said...
on Jun. 23 2013 at 11:52 pm
Ahh I got chills on that last line. So very true.   I try to listen to my mother, and anyone my elder for that matter. I value the fact that they have experiences I can learn from, good or bad. Though, sometimes it is difficult to relate to certain pieces of advice, with times being ever changing and all. Well anyway, this was a wonderful, thought provoking piece. I loved every bit of it! I'm enjoying your work.     
PhoenixCrossing GOLD said...
on Jun. 12 2013 at 11:05 pm
PhoenixCrossing GOLD, Tinley Park, Illinois
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The topic of this poem is so raw; I love it. The style is cute but the rhyming seems forced.
Mckay ELITE said...
on Apr. 19 2013 at 2:36 pm
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I like the irnoy in this poem. It's so true.