The woman you knew then
Is not me
She was carefree and young
Full of life
No responsibility
That woman lived for you alone
That woman was truth
And love
At that time
But this woman
That stands before you
Is still yours
And still loves you
But she has grown
She is strength
And family
The mother
And the love
She lives for more
She loves you fiercely
But they get more
Of her
This woman is an evolution
Of that one
Strong enough to bend
Without breaking
Hard enough to
Fight the bullets
Of love's arguments
This woman would crawl through this world to get to you
That woman could not
She knew nothing
Of hardships
And pain
She knew nothing of being knocked down
The woman you knew then
Was only a fraction
Of this woman here and now