21

it is 6am

on my 21st birthday

and i am raring to go

excited and eager 

as the time comes nearer

to seeing my friends

though this day marks

another year of life

another year away

from being a child

my birthday smile

is just as wild

i still cannot wait

and i don’t think

that will ever change 

21 years completed

i praise my God

for getting me through them

for teaching me

how to turn grief

into poetry

this year

i know it, you see

i will make it to the next

and sit here 

at 6am

with excitement embedded

within the knots in my chest 

i still feel like a child

it’s what i do best

i am celebrating

all the years before

and with a blow of candles

i am welcoming more. 

06:12am - 28/06/25