Happy Birthday, Sister Mine

Everything your heart desires,
All that for you life requires,
Can be boiled down to one thing,
That in this gift resides.

Want you not the treasured things,
That others crave - like diamond rings,
And cars and riches and the rest,
But in this gift abides....

A luscious hoard of dazzling hue;
Blinding, lavish and for you...
The symbol of your deepest thirst,
Which this gift satisfies.

No more will your heart palpitate,
Nor will you capitulate;
To trivialities of life,
That this gift overrides.

So go forth quenched and full to brim,
No longer are you the victim.
Of unrequited longing for,
That which this gift provides.

In this your palindromic year,
Despite how rancid you appear.
With finger raised and scowl affront.
We gift this gift besides.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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