Today

Hundreds of eyes upon her Today was her day and her day alone The nerves that must have been inside her You never would have seen She never once even slightly faltered A calm as calm could be She radiated such an inner peace As if she had seen years to come A place which only she had dreamt As a freckled face little girl I'd never seen such a glow Come from her beautiful face You could see love beaming From far beneath the lace As they all stood, in her presence The doors swing open wide All the feelings I was feeling I no longer could hide No more Saturday morning cartoons Eating breakfast in the living room No more fixing flat tires and Barbie dolls Now that she is grown No more butterfly kisses No more sleepy time eyes Today's the day I give her to The new hero of her life I take this last walk with my baby I'll do it humbled but with pride I'll place her hand in his Trusting him to pick up where I left off To always love my baby girl Protect her with his life Today I hand my daughter to him So she can become his wife