IF I WAS YOUR DAUGHTER
4-19-5 P81

Michelle, if I was your daughter
Hurt enough to call you by your first name
If I was your daughter
I'd sit at home and cry
If I was your daughter
I'd swallow my tears and wonder why.
If I was your daughter
Why you been gone for so long?
If I was your daughter
Wonder if you even like it at home?
If I was your daughter
Why we only talk on the phone?
If I was your daughter
Mommy, I'd feel alone!
If I was your daughter
Goin' on 8 years. I wouldn't know what to do—
If I was your daughter
I'd understand that I NEED YOU.
If I was your daughter
Wantin' all of your unconditional love
If I was your daughter
Waitin' for a motherly hug.
If I was your daughter
Would I be upset just because
If I was your daughter
I'd shun your foolish actions
If I was your daughter
You'd be the source of my pain – not satisfaction
If I was your daughter
So many things left unanswered
If I was your daughter
"Mommy, mommy – what's cancer?"
If I was your daughter
"Mommy – why does my privates bleed?"
If I was your daughter
"Mommy, oops Michelle, why did you leave?"
If I was your daughter
"Mommy, how can you say you love me when you
Don't even make me feel liked?"
If I was your daughter
"What's wrong? What's right?"
If I was your daughter
"Mommy, Mommy – they pick on me at school!"
If I was your daughter
"Mommy tell me your stories – were you..."
If I was your daughter
"Where do babies come from?"
If I was your daughter
"Mommy, how come...?"
If I was your daughter
"Why do boys act like that?"
If I was your daughter
"Mommy, are you ever comin' back?"
If I was your daughter
"Do you wish I was never born?"
If I was your daughter
"Would your heart really be torn?"
If I was your daughter
What would I grow up to be?
If I was your daughter
As a girl did you ever feel like me?
If I was your daughter
It happened to me. What's rape?
If I was your daughter
Mommy, how am I [unclear]
If I was your daughter
I would crawl between your legs
If I was your daughter
I'd beg and plead – plead and beg
To be born at a later time
When bein' my mother was the title
Of your mind.
With all that it entails
If you try you can't fail.
If I was your daughter
I'd PROMISE YOU THAT
If I was your daughter
Love always
(If I was TESS)

P.S. If you were my daughter...
If you were your daughter.
What questions would you
Be askin'?