Birthdays are for other people

 

Birthdays are for other people

There is no word for this day,

there is no real celebration,

yet it is no ordinary day

and deserves

its remembrance,

its place

in the eternity

of time.

Insufficient melancholy -

my shadow alongside

the shadow of your life.

There is no word

for this emotion,

this self-indulgent sadness

has no design

no plan

no purpose.

There is no word,

there are no words …...

 

Wedding Anniversary 2026

 

1970-2026

Fifty-six years,

countless moments,

but, undisguised,

more behind than lie ahead.

So these are precious moments,

to taste and savour

aching for more,

never enough

to sate the hunger

of love.

kw

Val's birthday

 

Birthday

A word in your ear

as you join another year

and meet a new one

vulnerable to time.

Not a year older,

but a day older,

seems gentler that way.

And what would the word be

that flows to you from me:

uncluttered whisper,

untroubled rhyme.

From a lover

to another

constant love

and

just

another day.

kw

 

Valentine 2026

 

 

Valentine

As if a time,

a day, a date,

could in any way

dictate

the tides and times

of love.

It never has

it never will,

nor seasons

fulfil,

some primal age

of love.

And Valentines

again comes round.

Some things lost,

some things found,

and yet the sound

and it is a sound

of love

retains a voice

and melody

that starts and ends

with you and me.

 

kw 2026