it is your birthday
& we are together
every breath i take
is also yours
better or worse
richer or poorer
in sickness or
in health
are ours
we love to be
love
we love
to swing with
the seasons,
to warm in the
cold,
to sing with the
sea
together we can
birth a universe or
two &
bless their almighty
stars
together we can
make endings
cartwheel into
beginnings––
turn minuses into
pluses––
coax zeros into
infinities
today is your birthday
& togetherness is all
the happiness
we need