Complex Ingredients

The story of my life is wide and deep

Yet when I write of it, it’s narrow and steep

My past was daughter, student, wife, and mom

Well, now my present includes writing wom(an)

Right now? what explains my life?

Shoes that help me walk out my strife

Keyboard that follows fingers that move so swift

Telling tales from heart to paper, rarely bereft.

Papers are spread from kitchen to den

As I scribble all the love that I can

From cards to notes to stories sublime

My mind is calmed with the words that ...