
Alice Godber
Pride
I spend my days wondering
What would you think?
What would you say?
Would you be proud of me?
So much has changed
I’m not the young girl you once knew
I am a woman
A woman who misses her father
I hate that my life is moving on without you
I’m growing so much
Changing, learning
I spend my days wondering
What would you think?
What would you say?
Would you be proud of me?
My lifestyle is not what you once knew
My love interests
Would you support that?
I know you would
You probably would have made jokes at first
I wouldn’t have minded
I know you care
Yet I still spend my days wondering
What would you think?
What would you say?
Would you be proud of me?
I just wish you could see me now
How much I’ve changed
How much I’ve grown
I’m being true to myself
I’m not hiding it anymore
It feels right
I’m happy
But I spend my days wondering
What would you think?
What would you say?
Would you be proud of me?
The thought that you’re not here
It plays on my mind every day
It hurts
I want you to see me
Not for the angry girl I once was
But for an empowered woman
Who is finally expressing her true self
By Alice Godber