I Wash Your Two Feet

I wash your two feet.
Just as my mother did for me and my grandmother did for her.

I wash your two feet.
I tell you stories about the great woman you will become. And of joys you have yet to imagine.

I wash your two feet.
I don’t trouble you with warnings of the challenges you will face or the people who will try to hurt you.

I wash your two feet.
Life is long and childhood is short and I know we won’t share many more moments like this.

I wash your two feet.
So that one day you’ll be able to stand on them and walk your own path.