a decade ago <br />I discovered quite by chance <br />my child father’s <br />early scribbling to his ‘Nan’. <br /> <br />‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY NAN <br />WITH FONDEST LOVE <br />MALCOLM’ <br /> <br />Today I received <br />a perfectly ordinary <br />birthday card <br />from you. <br /> <br />Its child-like letters <br />tiptoed <br />across the page. <br />Its message of devotion <br />was unequivocal. <br /> <br />‘ALLIE PIE <br />HAPPY BIRTHDAY <br />SWEETHEART <br />MY FONDEST LOVE <br />ALWAYS <br />JERRY’ <br /> <br />Perhaps one day <br />my children’s children <br />will find it tucked away among my things.<br /><br />Alison Cassidy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/birthday-girl/
