Another Year
birthday sonnet for my beloved
Another year for you my dear Time slips away but that’s okay The clock that ticks you need not fear Just let it go, unseize the day Enjoy the falling and the breeze The turning planet and the sky The flooding rivers and the seas Then turn to face me eye to eye To hear my words and songs of birds That tell you things you always knew Like time divided into thirds Like you love me and I love you The was, the will be, and the now Are in your hand, you guide the plow
What a lovely poem, Jonathan! And what a lovely gift to give your beloved! That fourth line with
'unseize the day' is really good, and inverts all known wisdom to great effect.
These lines !!!
Then turn to face me eye to eye
To hear my words and songs of birds
That tell you things you always knew
Like time divided into thirds
Like you love me and I love you