when i was a little girl
i thought my daddy hung the moon
he worked a lot
but i had the best daddy in the world

when i got a little older
i started to go to my friends' house to play
and i saw their daddies
their daddies were home every day and night
their daddies loved their mommies
their daddies had time for their little girls
but maybe
my daddy just worked a lot. . .

when i was barely a teen
my mommy died
a week later
my dad brought over a new mommy
(but daddy loved mommy)
my dad started telling me lies
(i don't think daddy lied to me..)
my dad has more time for his girlfriends than he does for me
(daddy's only girls were mommy and me)

in my last year of high school
my father left and bought a house
1,102 miles away
he still thinks he's daddy.

I try to stay positive, I try to smile I always try to look happy. And never show my sorrow, I wear a mask to protect my secret identity.no not for me but for the people that care about me.

It's like a fantasy world.
All these amazing people in one place
Connected because they have 1 thing in common
They are diversely brilliant
I'm in this place
And as I sit in a chair marveled by everyone speaking of their goals ambitions and interests
I can't help but be proud that I equally am as diversely brilliant.
He knew my name before I said it.
She did too.
Another interrupted me as I introduced myself to brag about my accomplishments.
We are young and gifted. The rare breed that is not so rare when we are in this place.

You were gone,
And it was the time that I needed you most.

To love a woman is perhaps one of the most exquisite, uncertain, complicated, excruciating, maddening things you can experience in this life.
To truly love a woman, and appreciate it fully,
I think maybe you do have to be a little bit mad.
And... I am addicted to it.
And the women I love are punishingly extraordinary.
And if this love brings me to an end someday, well...
There are worse ways to go.

You made grace rain
and hope bloomed
in this heart
in this soul
You are making me new.

you said 'i love you'
i said it, too.

the only difference
is that i didn't lie to you.