Happy Birthday to You
This poem was written for our monthly pub poetry night. The theme was 'age'. Happy Birthday to You Age is just a number. Today is just a day. Life is simply protein strains, chemicals and DNA. A bucket is a bucket. A list is just some things. 'Happy Birthday' is just a song that everybody sings. Loved ones are just people. A cake is just some food. The party lasts forever. And everything's All Good. Our lives are soon forgotten. The impression that we leave is swift blown out like candles People don't forever grieve. Heaven and earth will fly away, and all these things will pass. One day I'll believe all that I say; until then, to you, I'll raise my glass.