My life is organized colorful squares
cut out and sewn together
through the years smiles and tears
sailing on in all sorts of weather

A storybook of girl and boy
sickness, birth and death
years I could not enjoy
but some took my breath

Pet hair and spilled lily perfume
baby spit, sand and ketchup
the highlights of this bedroom
a quilted blanket of the mess up

To pass on to my children
as passed onto me
this life we're building
and lives we cannot see