No One's Daughter

I have lived my life in pain, My days filled with despair, Always desperately praying For the Mom that wasn't there. So lonely, I always felt, Never around were any others, A bad hand I was dealt, Not even a sister or a brother. I wondered what I did wrong For life to be so unfair, The bond for which I longed Was never, ever there. I am no one's daughter, Giving birth is not the same. Motherhood was not her, She only gave me a name. So hard for me to understand, Knowing always without a doubt, Kids were something I planned, That my life couln't go without. It's the best feeling ever, Being a parent makes it all complete. The greatest love lasting forever That nothing else could ever beat. So, a DAUGHTER I am not, But a MOTHER I'll always be. Wishing that had been taught, So she'd at least love me. (5/3/2002)