MY BIRTHDAY PRESENT

I have a special birthday…to me that’s very clear

I mean what luck is it to have my birthday on the last day of the year!

And when Deborah asks me what I want tomorrow…how will we celebrate this day

I look at all I have…and know exactly what to say.

I have a family…and I have love

In life…two simply wonderful feats

I have a place to live

I have clothes to wear

I have enough to eat.

I have the oceans 

I have the mountains

I have the rivers

I have the seas

I have sunrises and sunsets

I have the flowers and the trees.

I have my health 

I can sing and dance

I can read and I can write

I have the birds that sing to me each morning

and the stars that shine at night.

I have friends 

I have our morning walks

at this stage of my life I have no need for speed

Hey you might remember this year

I even found some weed!

I am one of the lucky ones

My lif has fit together easily 

I have the life I always wanted

A life of poetry…

As I reflect on the eve of my birthday…once again I must concede

I do not want a gift this year…for I have everything I need.

So for my birthday, tomorrow, Deborah

as I celebrate all the gifts I’ve been bestowed…

I’ll settle for a piece of cake

and could you make it al-a-mode.