Twelve years young when her heart bled
Left out by friends and cast aside
But her dad, he pillowed her pain and said
“Kid, tune out the noise and enjoy your own ride.”

So she danced to her own tune
finding her belonging.
College came soon
and she thought of her calling.

“Be the change you wish to see in the world”
there was Gandhi…so wise in verse.
Drowning in books, her head it swirled
Yet she prevailed and earned the title Nurse.

Today she finds herself,
sometimes up and sometimes down
So she pulls a book from her shelf
– a poet worthy of a crown

Mary Oliver, “Instructions for life”
gracing her with a bit of wit
words to simplify her inner strife:
“Pay attention. Be Astonished. Tell about it.”

So this is a love letter
in its own way,
to the hidden gems of wisdom for better
I’ve so gently tucked away