Who Do You Think You Are, Janet Ruth Martin? ...an accrostic poem

Poetic Bloomings Prompt; Who Do You Think You Are?

PART I – WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?

This week Marie and I ask you to write the poem as an acrostic, using your full name as the subject. The title of your poem should be “WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, (Your Name Here)?”
Your poem should touch on your life, or some aspect of it until now. Remember, the focus is you! Tell us. Who do you think you are?

Just a simple girl, daughter, sister, mother, wife

Amazed every day at God’s gifts in my life

Night-owl when seduced by a word or a thought

Educated? By the world’s standards I’m not

That’s me

Rolling pin collector, lover of rhyme

Under the tutelage of a teacher called Time

Thinker, often quiet with sudden bits of crazy

Homebody; my favorite wild-bloom is a daisy

Mother and wife; I’m humbled and awed

And I would run scared, but for the patience of God

Rover of woodland and nature’s perfection

Thankful for moments of tender reflection

Incredibly blessed; undeservedly so

Normal? Nerd?  Nut?  Maybe, but by the grace of God I go…

© Janet Martin