Happy Birthday

My 53rd birthday is coming quick Another year will be added to my past Another year will be taken way from my future There aren’t that many left for one to be taken I wish there was a way to tell how many There is no way except to wait and see For now every year it is the same Nothing ever changes There will be no cake No presents to open My kids will again forget me And it will be just another day Maybe a movie or a pizza Perhaps just sitting around the house Whatever I do it will be nothing special It would be so nice to just once hear two words It would be so nice to hear “happy birthday.”