Happy Birthday
Just a pause…
A celebration
Like most tea parties
There was cake
Just a little cake
Not too much
To celebrate the year past
The year to come
This day of all days
A day together
The sun shone this year
The snow still on the ground
All was gentle
We sit in your kitchen
The cat stops for a brief hello
The dog sleeps in the sun
We share words
Try to catch up...
A whole year
Poured into the teapot
Fill each cup
We settle into the moment
We remember the days
Days on last year's calendar
Marked off as lived
Remembered in long sentences
Spoken as remembered
Happy Birthday to you again this year
November 20, 2018
2 comments:
I can picture the scene, the teapot, the cat and dog, the catching up on the events of the year. Lovely.
The poem is a perfect reflection of the moment, as if one read the whole scene in a mirror.
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