Just shy of
almost 21 inches high
she perches on my arm
sobs into my shirt cuff.
Her 4th birthday looms large
for her
& us
...the big 04!
She cries she doesn't
want to grow old & die!
Fears her birthday as
the Grim Reaper himself
calling
in person.
"Birthdays..." I console her
are just like breathing
in&out;
stop 'em & - you're gone!
You don't have birthdays then
no more you!
Birthdays are how you
keep making you
happen!
My little eyass
all tears & snot
brightens up at this
sniffs & sniffles.
I tell her
you are the sky
all endless & blue
time the wings
that lets you fly.
Death, snickers
standing by my shoulder
"Ahhh...ya old haggard ya
that's a nice pretty lie
to dry
a nestling's tears."
I watch her fly
into the endless blue
of her
self.
Smile as she
embraces her now.
I hop on one
leg hoppty hop.
"HOPPY BIRD DAY!"
I shout
against the glare
of time and sun.
She squeals
excited now
as to the who
she is
going to
be
Both of us
hopping down
the path together.
Apr 22, 2015
Apr 22, 2015 at 6:03 PM UTC
Just shy of
almost 21 inches high
she perches on my arm
sobs into my shirt cuff.
Her 4th birthday looms large
for her
& us
...the big 04!
She cries she doesn't
want to grow old & die!
Fears her birthday as
the Grim Reaper himself
calling
in person.
"Birthdays..." I console her
are just like breathing
in&out;
stop 'em & - you're gone!
You don't have birthdays then
no more you!
Birthdays are how you
keep making you
happen!
My little eyass
all tears & snot
brightens up at this
sniffs & sniffles.
I tell her
you are the sky
all endless & blue
time the wings
that lets you fly.
Death, snickers
standing by my shoulder
"Ahhh...ya old haggard ya
that's a nice pretty lie
to dry
a nestling's tears."
I watch her fly
into the endless blue
of her
self.
Smile as she
embraces her now.
I hop on one
leg hoppty hop.
"HOPPY BIRD DAY!"
I shout
against the glare
of time and sun.
She squeals
excited now
as to the who
she is
going to
be
Both of us
hopping down
the path together.
