Birthdays

Birthdays

Just one more year
Just one more birthday
I've missed
Being with you

I hope you smiled
As you use to
I hope there was laughter
And multicolored balloons

Red for the love you command
Orange ones for the fire burning in your soul
Yellow for the light in your eyes
Green ones for the promise of growth

Blue for the ocean of your character
Purple ones for the stillness you encompass
White for the innocence lost
Black ones for the grief you've handled so well

A world of color
A kaleidoscope of character
Every tiny fractal that makes you, you
Floating above the demands of here and now

Maybe next years will be easier
Maybe I will send you a card finally this time
Saying how sorry I am
Or maybe it will just sit in the pile with the rest

Unsent

Just one more year