At eight years old, a dynamo: A Supergirl, a CEO, A scientist, a diplomat, An artist and an acrobat -- At eighteen, still, a power plant: A lioness, a Federal grant, A lover and a covert spy, A reason and an alibi -- At twenty-eight, a marvel yet, An adjective, an epithet, A story told uproarious, A work-in-progress glorious She dreamed her life then lived her dreams, A hidden place behind what seems, But all-in-all the good outweighs The shadows in Her yesterdays