For my friend Andrew Mark Wilkinson <br />To Andy, I call him a friend, <br />but some friend I seem to be, <br />when I let his birthday pass by, <br />without saying Happy Birthday. <br />Therefore, I must apologise <br />for my oversight my friend. <br />Although this is nine days late, <br />May I take this time to say <br />I hope you had a wonderful Birthday. <br />I have no excuses for overlooking <br />a friend from my Birthday poem list. <br />As I read Andy’s poems almost daily, <br />I feel guilty that I overlooked his Birthday. <br />Andy is our resident Romantic poet, <br />whose poems of love and passion <br />fills quite a few with joy, <br />and whose friendship I value. <br />He writes from the heart <br />of loves entanglement there, <br />sometimes mirroring at times his own life. <br />A great poet and a great friend to all. <br />Therefore, from this friend who sadly forgot <br />a Happy Belated Birthday my friend, nine days late.<br /><br />David Harris<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/happy-belated-birthday-andy/
