Kathy

Birthdays mark change more than days in some years
a growing, becoming, relief from some fears,
like birth or new sheets or beginning a trip
when the past lags behind and loosens its grip.
The tingle of what isn’t known and might be
exciting and scary, this uncertainty.
Kids, husband, dog gone and house up for sale,
new home constructing, new trips in the mail.
Has all of this happened at once at this time
A quick disconnect at this point in your prime?
Or have you been working to get yourself free
on birthdays when progress was harder to see?
Paths are much clearer when viewed in the past
compared to the future unknown and so vast.
But that’s why friends help on this yearly occasion
of stocktaking, sharing and some celebration.