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.
***
Jul 14, 2015
Jul 14, 2015 at 6:30 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.
***
Her granny had just died on her birthday so she sort of put two and two together and got 5 and a half and thought that she too was doomed to die on her own day of days.
