The Day I Lost my Mind

“The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.”  
—Andre Gide  
 

For most of my life I'd been rather mute
Despite the fact I am rather astute
Standing aside while other people express
Their deep feelings to relieve their distress  
I was trained how to be a quiet girl
But after my 8th child though I cannot explain  
A poem for baby just appeared in my brain.
A desire was there to pass on thought
But I don't express myself as I aught
And so now I guess I'm a poet
I use my pen madness to show it