Birthday

 

No more birthdays after this one

We tell ourselves when only the

Walls are listening to our lamentations;

And yet, more we have and more we

Declare the same…  we listen not to

Ourselves when birthday joys were

Mostly always looked forward to…

We wonder why looking back in

Time understanding our foolish

Rationales…  but time has made us

All better even when we convince

Ourselves we have not aged at all;

It is our bodies that we swear against

Because our memories are the most

Valuable aspect of our fortune…

We would not remember is we had

No memories and we would not age

Had we not experienced what we did;

Birthdays are a victory over life and

The more we have the more victories

We are able to encounter…  so, when

We look at ourselves and say today

Is another birthday we should see it

As one of the most special days of

Our lives…  a day when we can reflect

Upon all we’ve be allowed to experience.

 

January 2, 2024