HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUMMER STARBOY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE
A BRIGHT SHINING STAR
NEARLY LIGHT YEARS
AWAY BY NOW
BUT EVER SO CLOSE
TO MY HEART

AS YOU PURSUE YOUR DREAMS
I DID MINE
YOU WOULD FIND
GREAT SUCCESS
IN LIFE
ME NOT SO MUCH
TOO MUCH STRIFE
TRYING TO FIND
THE WRITING ON
THE WALL
MY HEART WONT
WIPEOUT
I DID WIPEOUT
A FEW TIMES
ONLY TO REALIZE
I BROKE A FEW BONES
IN MY HEART

AS I REGISTER THOSE PASSING
FEELINGS WHICH NEVER REALLY
ENDED LIKE THE KNOWN UNIVERSE
IF YOU DIDNT EVER BELIEVE IN ME
YOU DO BELIEVE IN IT ALL
YOU WON BIG
A WIN AT THE CRAP TABLE
NEVERMIND
I GET WHAT YOU HAD TO DO

IN THE MOST SINGULAR INFINITE
MOMENT
THIS MOMENT IN TIME
A PAIRING OF MATES
A FAIRWAY OF GREEN GOLD
FLAGS CAST
A DAY TO MAKEPEACE THACKERAY
TYPE DAY
AT WALDON'S POND
BY ANTLER'D RIVER'S BEND
TO SEND
A NOTE IN AN OLD BOTTLE
A STUBBY BEER BOTTLE
YOU KNOW WHO IS BLUE TODAY
WITHOUT YOU

TO LAST MAYBE NOT FOREVER
THAT'S LONG ENOUGH
SURELY LONG ENOUGH TO MAKE
A LASTING IMPRESSION
IN THE CEREBRAL CORTEX
GOOD HEADSPACE
ALBEIT SAD SORTS
SORTING OUT THE BUGS
THIS JUNE DAY
TURTLES OUT IN THE
SUN SOAKING IT ALL IN
IT
IS OK
ALL IS WELL WITH ME
PLEASE DON'T CALL THE POLICE

RNA/DNA
PROTEINS AND ENZYMES
SEQUENCING PATTERNS
REFLECTED IN THE UNIVERSE
AND THE MIGHTY RIVER'S
FINE FREE FLOW
FILTERED AND PURE
YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE

WE WHO ARE WE?
ALL BUT THIS DREAM DAY
THAT LASTS IN CODED CONTINUATION
AD LIBIDUM
IN THE ADDENDUM PLEASE
ADD FREEDOM
AND PERCHANCE A HOPE
AND A DREAM
BEGUN IN THE SKY
SO HIGH
CANOE BACK TO YOU
BACKWARDS FLOWING WATERS
UP THE MISSISSIPPI
TO MY SHORE
YOU SAY NEVERMORE
I DONT MIND
LET ME PRETEND
FOR AWHILE

REFERENCE THAT
IN YOUR FUNK AND WAGNALLS

WIZARDRY'S MAGIC
AND ALL THINGS COLLIDE
TO MAKE FOR ONE PERFECT DAY
IN MY LIFE
I GUESS
HE JUST WASNT THAT
INTO ME
TO MAKE THAT ONE SUMMER DAY
LAST FOREVER

FUTURE HOPE FLOATS
LIKE THAT BOBBER IN THE SKY
NEVER SAYING GOOD BYE
BUT DRIFTING OFF
INTO THE FINITE SKY
AND THEN POP
IT ALL COMES CRASHING DOWN

UNTIL I LIFT UP MY EYES TO THE SKY
AND FIND WHAT
YOU'VE WRITTEN
A LONG TIME AGO
WHICH KEEPS GETTING LONGER
AND FARTHER AWAY
A LETTER THAT IN ITS BREADTH AND DEPTH
IS TOO LONG, TOO DEEP
AND THAT LETTER
MUST HAVE BEEN THOUGHT TO BE
BY YOU FOR ME
A FOUR LETTER WORD
BUT FOR ME
IT IS SIMPLY
L-O-V-E
THAT'S ALL I EVER HAD FOR YOU
AND THAT IS YOUR PRESENT
THE LETTER AS PROMISED
SO LONG AGO
FOR
TODAY
AND
ALWAYS
MEANS THERE IS NO END
TO YOUR SUMMER
STARBOY

jANE jONES