it's your birthday

mall walking
on his birthday
in new light-up
shoes

a not so distant
memory
of holding your hand

a smile brighter
than shoe lights
happy birthday to
me

before the world
filled up with
a child's giggles

a time that might
have never existed
is such a state
of amazement
if it was not for you
but it did
and you were there

and now i walk
in different shoes
with another man

and a boy
with the brightest smile
the flashiest song
a winning grin
and a song to
carry the day

Happy birthday
to me