Planted a Forest

If I am strong it is because of you.

If I am kind it is because of you.

If I strive to find equality in relationships –

If I demand my worth,

It is because of you.

I am your daughter.

You are the woman who

First taught me how to

Love.

How to work.

If I am a tree

It is because you planted

A forest. 

If I can grow between the cracks

Of old pavement

It is because I saw you

Grow there first.