Tagged: birthday

of the innumerable

of the innumerable
ways to mourn, i
am negotiating grief
in REM sleep this
morning, consoling
a young colleague
in the art of letting
it out, letting
go, an unsteady
navigation of
space, time, and
reality – on your
birthday, in the nearly
third anniversary of
your passing, we
practice the improbable
parallels of joy and
grief, keeping it
together without
so much
disassembling
.
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you bring abundance

(for my brother)

you bring abundance
to our core, gift multitudes
with your dimpled smile
.
20230703:1337
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the recipe for

the recipe for
a delicious birthday must
include all the right

spices – friends, old and new, and
a healthy dose of family
.
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on your birthday, i

on your birthday, i
remember how long we were
our very own team,

in full discovery mode,
watching out for each other
.
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birthdays come and go,

birthdays come and go,
who remembers and who forgets
linger a little
.
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we were proofed in the

(for y, on your birthday)

we were proofed in the
same basket, risen and baked
in the same oven,

my brother and i, honey-
buttered slices, loved, loved, love
.
20210703:0526
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examining yet

examining yet
another birthday is looking
into only the

memory of the wrinkles
across great-grandmother’s hands
.
20200925:1633
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every moment is

(for mom on your birthday)

every moment is
golden – on the second of
your three birthdays this

year, we celebrate the whimsy,
wind ourselves up for the third
.
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on your one-hundredth

on your one-hundredth
birthday, we celebrate your
influence on us
.
20200211:0811
y

nestled into the

nestled into the
beginning of summer, your
birthday and newly

polished memories – freedom,
days at the pool, cooling off
.
20190703:2002
y

** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: freedom