I am a baby to Ada who turns 91 in 5 days

I am a granny to Daisy turning 11 next month

I am a mother to Katie hovering neath 40 and some

I am a friend to Rachel, Janey, Carla, and Ann

All  within a decade of the age that I am

It's the number of years I've lived in this body on earth

The time that has past since my momma gave birth

To the one who is me and like none other it seems

I've got my own way of being whatever that means

I write things down and sometimes they rhyme

Sometimes they have rhythm and sometimes it's fine

Often I go off and run out of all of my words

Telling a tale of what someone else heard

And just when I get to the best part of that story

My 65 year old brain putters out 

and          loses       all      of       its       g   l  o   r   ...