Birthday of 2005

More golden oldies to revise/edit and enjoy. This boy has a nice family.

My Birthday of 2005

Today is my birthday
And I am gonna get a surprise.
I'v looked in the hallway closet
There's no big package I can recognize.

My mother smiles while dad just shaves his face
My sister is so silly and juvenile.
Saying that it could be anyplace
And looking is just futile.

I don't need shoes or long-sleeved shirts
I've prayed for a great personal thing.
I've looked and found no special box
Hey wait! I hear the doorbell ring.

I see granny with my favorite chocolate cake.
Aunt Mary has a CD that I know I'll like.
But my heart jumped when I saw my Cousin Jake
Who showed me a brand new racer bike!


A rough draft was written about 20 years ago.
Today's post, of 2025, has been edited. And the old poems keep coming out of the notebooks and boxes I have.