A poem for my children

The past few weeks my students in school have been studying and writing poetry. They were asked to write a free verse poem, and being the wonderful teacher that I am, I wrote one of my own in front of them. What follows is the poem that I wrote about Anna. I am no poet laureate, but I do hope she'll know how proud I am to be her mom.

Anna

Attitude waiting to happen

Emotions that change on a dime

Loving and cuddly one moment

Mad and frustrated the next

An athlete who outruns the boys

Fierce competitor in softball and soccer

Yet, a graceful dancer

Creativity and logic are her strengths

Anna

More freckles than the grains of sand

Clear blue eyes

that catch the attention of all

An eye now bandaged

because of a race gone bad

Skinny, yet muscular build

a build she's not old enough to appreciate

Dirty blond hair

with waves she can't control

Looks nothing like her mom-

Yet, we're the same.