I'm so proud of you, she whispered and hugged me
It was like graduation day, the kind I never had

The first time I was so caught up with getting away
And the second time was filled with tears of injustice

Miraculously you graduated after all
And today I may have graduated too

We're all here to learn yet it feels more like
A huge family gathering of unrelated people

None of you is related to me or each other
Yet we are all family, if not in blood then in bond

Two great women stand before us
"Hi mum" my soul whispered

And it doesn't matter which of you hears it
Both are equally true