Best Birthday Ever
She’s got happy feet,
kicking moist sand in the air
Running in a zig zag line
like a high-flying kite
Nyla is calypso dancing around,
with her heart floating off the ground
Hearing the trailing away voices of “you’re it ...”
“No I’m not, you’re it” doesn’t bother her one bit
This just might be the best day of her young life
That’s her opinion, she would proudly tell you
It’s birthday year seven
And she’s having so much fun,
at her beach birthday party
Colorful bathing suit cannonballs,
hurtling into the swimming pool
So many kids clamoring, wanting to ride ...
waiting to get all wet on the giant water slide
Cool fun on a hot day
So many popsicle-colored tongues
dripping
with childish carefree chattering ...
melting
all their popsicle inhibitions away
Such warm, innocuous happiness on tropical display
Time seems to fly by so fast
when you’re having this much fun
On birthday year seven,
Nyla feels like she just turned eleven
Kids having so much frosty fun
are working up a grownup size appetite this hot day
There’s a lot of ice cream that needs to get ate,
and she sees Momma putting a slice of chocolate cake
on everybody’s plate
And her Daddy’s taking pictures of those who pass by
Telling everybody
he’s got something in his eye
Momma gives him a teardrop kiss
as he wipes them dry
Then Nyla looks up at the sky,
and thank God for the perfect sunny weather
And suddenly her best friend is standing beside her,
giggling with so much joy
Seeing her favorite friend smiling on this special day,
it feels like nothing could be better
Until her closest sister-friend whispers in her ear:
This is the best birthday party ever!
Copyright © Freddie Robinson Jr. | Year Posted 2017
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