I Look at you

This poem if for my teenage daughter, and like most parents there comes a time when you look at them and realise they have so much ahead and so many possibilities and things to achieve and it can be quite exciting as well as rather daunting and worrying about which routes they are going to take in life.

Its like you are still my child
In my eyes and always be,
I look at your face
Some features remind me of me
But theres something else thats growing there
Broad ambition and an inspiring mind
I am so proud and know that the time,
will come one day when you fly away
To search out experiences away from the nest
to dip you toes in different shores
And whilst you are still bordering on being at home
Just know how proud
of the person you have grown
Know that in my eyes you will always be my child
Whatever life throws at you I will offer you arms
to great you again, my child, my young lady, my friend