For my daughter

I love the darkness
and the storms in your eyes
as well as the light,
the rage of your untamed seasons,
the wild wind within you
and the calm of your more quiet days
where there are only slow dreams
to move through, to remember you
after all the wars and all the scars
that have touched and shaped
the unmarred beauty of
who and what you are,
a free spirit, brave heart
sensitive child
searching and striving
to be the strong, bold woman
I’ve always seen inside
the perfect and and the flawed
yes,
I have loved you through it all
the way I love you still
my wild beauty
forever and always
I will

Debbie Berk 2016

I created this animation using stock photos from

http://www.123rf.com/ and http://morguefile.com/