I WONDER

"I WONDER"
(by Becky Hemsley)

It would have been your birthday today.

And I wonder how we’d celebrate.

Would you tell us you were too old for cake?

Would you tell us that you didn’t want any presents -

only our presence –

like you always used to?

Where would you want to eat and what would you order?

Would there be balloons or champagne or candles?

It’s your birthday today.

And I can only wonder.

But I’ll put a candle in a cake.

I’ll order in your favourite food and

I’ll feel your presence.

I will remember your birthdays of before and I will look at photos of you opening presents and blowing out candles and making wishes.

And as I blow out the candle on my little cake,

I will make a wish too.

I will wish that you are at peace.

And wish that one day I will feel at peace too.

And then I will raise a glass and eat the cake.

And I will wish you

a Happy Birthday.

*****

Someone requested that I post this today, ready for a departed loved one's birthday tomorrow. Sending love to that person and to anyone missing someone unbearably right now

Becky Hemsley 2023

Artwork created with Dall.E

'I Wonder' is from 'When I Am Gone' https://a.co/d/1ntKudz

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