I was 30 once
and I guess I still am
but I’d have to flip back
a few pages to find
that me again.
I had baby #3
when I was 30 and
when he turns 30 too soon
I will be 30 x 2 too old.
30 is a useful middle-ish number.
When you add, subtract,
multiply, divide
it can even tell a story.
30 – 10 = years of living here
30 – 14 = years of teaching,
30 + 8 = years of married life
30 varieties of birds in my yard
30/2 mountain tops I’ve stood on
30 x 260 kilometres riding my bike
So many thirties…
but I can never remember
which months have 30 days and
which have 31
except April
which ends today
on the 30th day
of writing poems.
#30daysofpoetry #day30
Charis D Crandall 