Overdo It

In memory of Kim Underwood.

Remind me

never to say

don’t overdo it now

to my children.

No imploring them

to simmer down,

take it easy,

settle,

be good now,

not take any

unnecessary risks.

I’ve done enough

of all of those things

for the lot of us.

Let me be

the mother who

supports her children

in overdoing it

completely

today and every day.

#22 of 30 Poems In November to benefit Center for New Americans.