June
A Poem by Jenni Bailey
I hope you wake up okay
It’s June 18, happy birthday!
I hope your coffee is the way you like it-with sugar and cream
I hope you a bad-ass birthday theme
I hope you checked the weather on your phone
I hope you don’t celebrate alone
I hope you’re all smiles
I hope friends and family come from miles
I hope you have inner peace
I hope you have a delicious feast
Happy Birthday to a Father
Love your disowned daughter?
As for me…
I wake up sad
I silently say ‘’Happy Birthday, Dad’’
I continue to wonder why
It’s so damn easy for you to deny
The reason is sick
Living your life like you can pick?
I didn’t cause it
You just finally threw a fit!