Birthday Wishes

I’m wishing for you, on your birthday,

The ability to sleep and dream easily,

To feel rested and not harried,

To have peace about what to wear,

For fingers with enough dexterity

To button buttons, and put in your earrings.

I’m wishing you the feeling of grass between your toes,

And feet that feel like feet

Instead of blocks of wood,

For an internal GPS like infusion in your brain

So you always know where you are,

And maybe some symbiotic link to homing pidgins.

I’m wishing you the clairvoyance

To pick lottery numbers that will get us

A modest cabin in southern mountains

With your dream kitchen with the outdoor living area.

I’m wishing you a personal sit down

With Desmond Tutu over coffee and a biscotti

Drizzled with chocolate.

I’m wishing you a lot of things, but

Mostly I’m wishing you happy birthday.