With a magnificent dramatic manner
she swoons in a forlorn heap
before me
in response to my refusal to indulge her latest request.
I am reminded of her potential.

She is provocative
with the possibilities of Hatshepsut 's stature
and a gaze that hints of majesty,
exotic lands and fragrances,
and regal miens
of scientific brilliance and discoveries
brave new worlds
of inspired words and philosophies
and profound contemplations
of new creations, formulas and fabulous inventions

Then my minx of a daughter
looks up at me
a look of willful amusement on her gamin face
and returns to being my inexperienced child.

Youth is a mixture of actor and pope,
prince and pauper,
politician and negotiator;
A simple no
often results
in Wagnerian dramas,
sighs and soliloquies
until tomorrow
when she has new desires, wants and needs
and more conflicts
with parental dictatorship

by vee ghozlan aka butterflynxile

art - http://images.vghozlan.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/orig/Ryf5gQoKCo8AAG4iBxs63/1.jpeg?et=WkXGdScwMcm%2BqfqX1sUZlg