Excerpt
The Birthday Rite



The time to celebrate is at hand

The kind who hesitate will move like wet sand

So, get me a wedding cake

Oh no, I made a mistake

It's my friend’s birthday

And there is no way (I'm gonna miss this)

Can't really fill the wish list

But between all of us showing up

I don't think any could be pissed

It's like the best day on Earth

To celebrate one's own birth

And my friend has this life filled with girth

Better than most, and fostering the Self worth

That will lead to the great time

Here in this paradigm

In which life is fine

And the align of sun follows the line

Representing the sign that matches best

Your kind on the circle that some find to represent

Times present, future, past tense

Hence, this day is love

And share with as many

Hugs so that plenty

Of life's joys will flood

And overfill in one's life

So this is yours, the day, the night, the will to do what's wrong (or what's right) without thinking twice

That's your Birthday Rite.