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