Mothers and Daughters

Oh what sadness
It can be
When Moms and daughters
Fail to see
How to hold
Each other in
Respect and love
It is no win
When moms try
To regulate
And daughters
Still to emulate
In ways they tried
While in their teens
They still don’t work
For Moms this means
Respecting daughters
As mature
Intelligent, able
And secure
And daughters
In truth cannot disguise
That experience
Is sometimes wise
That just because
Mom thought of it
An idea is
Not worth a twit?
Moms and daughters
Can achieve
Satisfactions
They would never believe
If they can learn
To work as friends
Cooperate
Toward natural ends,
That both of them
Can realize
That both hold dear
And recognize

© 11/3/89 By Lucille Falk Miller