And for a gift, I got the world for you
So you and I could exist together
I wrapped it all pretty in beingness
And gave it to you as a birthday gift

I, myself, have made this gift of the world
For you and now I solemnly present
Perception of all things in their wholeness
In honor of your birth on this same day

Long ago, it seems to me now, and yet
Seems only recently to have occurred
My memory is fuzzy after all
But I know it cannot have been elsewise

It was not me who did this thing for you
But was the one I was before myself
And you were there with me throughout it all
You kindly made this gift for me as well