06/13/2026
If I ever have girls, a beautiful reading by Justin Silberman.
If I ever have girls, they’ll be feared by weak men.
But to everyone else, they’ll be a consistent friend.
They’ll never lack meaning,
They’ll be gentle and kind,
While breaking every glass ceiling.
They’ll take up space, A
And they’ll like what they like.
They won’t be taught to reduce themselves or hide.
My girls will be feared by weak men.
They’ll demand respect because they deserve it.
They will always know love.
They’ll never feel they have to earn it.
They’ll know their value is inherent
And has nothing to do with their looks.
They’ll be leaders.
They’ll be healers.
Right wrongs, write books.
They’ll be mothers one day if they so choose.
But their value won’t be defined the the use of their wombs.
They’ll be whatever lives in their hearts,
And they’ll know dreams were there to be chased from the start.
My girls will know poetry and song.
They’ll know I will listen when something feels wrong.
They’ll learn that “women are too emotional” is an original lie,
And they’ll not grow up with a father who refuses to cry.
So yeah, my girls will make some weak men shake in their knees.
They won’t be the women that society expects.
They’ll be the women society needs. - Daragh Fleming
