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

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