553. A perfect daughter

No man can ever have a daughter
Who always thinks of her father’s height.

No woman can ever have a daughter
Who always thinks of her mother’s light.

No world can ever have a daughter
Who always feels its excruciating pangs.

No truth can ever have a daughter
Who always adores its inevitable victory.
Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Light, part 12, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1974