Day of birth, it beckons me, my birthday! <br />Many, many moons have risen and set <br />Since this big baby's birth along the way. <br />I have no qualms, few querulous regrets. <br />Happy birthday you broken-down poet! <br />You managed to eke yet another year <br />Out of your life's allotted installments. <br />Happy birthday fella! You persevered <br />Once more. Eyesight poor but you see much more. <br />I guess they call it wisdom, gained from all <br />The years. Just hype! Nothing to underscore: <br />A bit part, few lines and no curtain calls. <br />The bard once wrote the world is but a stage <br />I’ll play the part. My role is middle age.<br /><br />Albert Ahearn<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/birthday-soliloquy/
