Happy Birthday
William Lythgoe
Birthday,
wedding day,
death day.
Trying to tame
the torrent – to make
the sound and fury
signify something.
Gestation,
procreation,
A rainbow arches
to the whirlpool below.
You cannot know
your destination
so let the wine flow.
Lose control
and merge
with the one who makes you whole.
Don’t cling to the world
as your life bleeds past
your last birthday
but drift
with the stream
that will bear you
again
into
the endless
ocean.
