A Birthday Poem

If I could, I’d paint your name with golden and blue
With smiles and fireworks and all the beautiful hues
I’d let you know what you mean to me
With absurd romanticism and romantic absurdity
‘Cause, well,
It’s always beautifully weird how you make me feel

With the distance
With the closeness
With the silence
You make my heart giggle like a butterfly would… if they could
And just concurrently, so peaceful like the setting sun

Like a mother of her new-born baby
Or an artist of his creativity
That’s how proud you make me feel
Of everything that you do
Everything that you are
And all that you will be

Anyway, what I really mean to say is: Happy Birthday
Have just a wonderful day today
For I wish you the joyful wings of butterflies
Inspiration, love, faith
and millions of peaceful skies
For I wish you all the very best
The way I wish that I, too, could be there.

(for Nut & Aris)