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lunarchloedip

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

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  • sorenbarrett

    A poem of celebration not just of time passed but of growth and maturity. Well done



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