Happy Birthday to a very special person
So special within my heart
That you deserve all my attention
but attention is something you do not want.

Things didn’t go so well when I last said so
And so I’ll keep it silent within my soul,
But how the words you never spoke
Resound within me like waves swept out to the unknown
Like a song that I must struggle not to sing
Like the music I must dance without a note
Like a poem I must never read to a tone.

Your wishes are a wall I would love to scale,
But have chosen to respect your need to veil
So as I hang out and watch the rush of time,
All alone on my own, without you by my side,
I want to wish you the very best
On this special day of your 47th birthday.