Somebody’s Daughter

The Year of the Cat
And love by the water
But she’s still
Somebody’s wife
And
Somebody’s daughter

Jet-fuelled
Early mornings
Foreign airports
Ignoring all warnings

Ignoring all the pain
Life brought her
Still somebody’s wife
And
Somebody’s daughter

Running to stand
Still
Until
Heart in hand
She answers
The siren call
Of new and
Undiscovered lands

No matter the war
No matter the clatter
No matter her location pin
Or whatever mess
She’s in

She’ll reinvent
But never escape
No Superwoman
Despite her cape

Ignoring all the pain
Which staying the same
Has brought her
Still somebody’s wife
And
Somebody’s daughter