Maybe I'm just a girl
in your eyes, like all girls
have been, although sometimes
only for a short time and though you know them different

all so different
the woman next door, the schoolmistress
your grandma, your mother
your sister and me, the girl
you fell in love with

me, the wife you sleep with
and our little daughter, a princess
in your fantasies
because you are at a loss
with us as we are