The Day Her Daughter Flies Poem by Jim Yerman

She knew this day would one day arrive
just as she knows each morning the sun will rise…

Still she feels its bittersweetness…
as this day delights and terrifies…

Sometimes she can't stop herself from smiling…
other times…she cries

For today is the day when she can no longer see…
the child in her daughter's eyes…

But she knows she given her daughter roots and wings
and she knows her daughter is wise

So she proudly stands aside and watches
the day her daughter flies.…