Bithday Greetings to Gwen
For my sister
Birthday Greetings
I do not send you flowers
Or trinkets made of gold
People do not need these things
When they are growing old
I’d rather send a kind word
Not pictures rude or wild
Instead I want to tell you
You cook like Julia Child
The sweet notes that you sing
Are far beyond the pale
They sound like the song
Of the Nightingale
The poems you pen are lovely
The subjects are so dear
The words you choose so carefully
Are like music to my ears
The cowboys that you write about
I think are the best
I can read, then close my eyes
They take me to the west
I’m so lucky to have a sis
That cooks, writes and sings
She is like an angel
All she lacks is wings
Your beauty is beyond compare
There’s no words to explain
An orchid or a rose
Would hide its face in shame
Birthdays come but once a year
So nice things I will say
Enjoy it while you can
Tomorrow is another day.
