Poem: Your birth day

your birthday was once

a highlight in my life

so grateful was I

that you were born

that we met and wedded

then had a living son

but I word this wrong

it is still a highlight

though you are gone

your birthday

an anchor for my unmoored soul

an annual remembrance

that you were in this world

and I, a miracle

found you

and you, me

we recognized each other

clearly

in the midst of disorder

we saw what was

meant to be

what we did not foresee

was your untimely death

yet, we savored our years together

I have no regrets

December 2, 2014