For all those born on September 7*
 
September is absolutely
the best month for a birthday.
The sun is shining.
The days are cool and clear.
After August’s rest and adventure,
before Halloween and Christmas
cards appear, the world seems
just perfect (for a while).
Even the leaves stay green.
 
Listen. Isn’t there are difference
to the sounds in your street?
Birds are singing goodbye songs.
Cars start their engines earlier.
Back to work, back to school,
doing this, doing that.
Old routine: new routine.
 
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Think of your birthday
as a joint celebration.
Whilst you’re looking forward
to being more than you were,
your parents are thinking
backwards: remembering
the day you were born and
the thrill and surprise of it all.
A new life made of them.
 
And here you are,
all these years on,
remarkable and true.