Notes on Birthdays

The years don’t matter;

not the number,

be it large or small. It matters

not where you are (or aren’t)

on this very personal day:

a day for celebration

of the you you’ve come to be.

This day is one of recognition

of people and places,

surroundings and treasures,

that made your everyday

for whatever years.

You are not GETTING older,

But growing.

Always. Every hour, every day,

toward the apogee

of you-ness:

the star inside your soul.