Petunias in Patio

I May Be Asked

How did you accomplish so much
I may be asked?

No one said I couldn’t
or if they did,

I didn’t hear
or didn’t listen,

and so I went where I was lead
by fun and energy and enthusiasm.

Margaret Dubay Mikus
Copyright © 1997

I am not a particularly good Susi
or Barbara or Stephen.

I am not a wonderful Alexandra
or Virginia or Dorothy.

I am not a terrific Tom
or Bill or Bob or Lucia.

I am not a marvelous Cheryl
or Lauren or Pamela or Karen.

I am not a superb Theresa
or Hildegard or Mary or Blake or Ron.

I am …
a truly magnificent Me.