Poetry Month!

April is National Poetry Month in America and there is a challenge some poets take on to write 30 poems in 30 days. I'm not those poets.  I wish I were that prolific but I do love the idea and I usually write a lot during this month.  I already have one finished poem, two in the works and one or two other ideas brewing!  Here's the finished (for now) piece.  I'm not sure of a title.  Maybe "Accumulation" or "Acquired"?

Twelve and a half years ago I had a baby

and my body changed      a lot

my tummy that had once been flat became round and heavy

it stayed that way

I was devastatingly convex

I hated it at first and for a long time until

I realized that round is one of my favorite shapes

and that anything that has harbored life

shouldn't be taken lightly

Besides, maybe I look a little like Sarasvati

and oh, she is beautiful

I was looking in the mirror and chanced a quick smile

to see what others see when I do that and

there were tiny lines next to my eyes that 

I don't remember collecting but

I just started giggling with them and I 

couldn't stop because I realized

every time I've laughed till I cried

or till my belly ached

I was gathering those wonderful lines

they were there in the making every time

I saw a silver hair, I think

it was short so I couldn't be sure but

I got so excited because

I've heard that silver hairs are story hairs

so I figure if I really got one

it must be time for me to start telling.