Birthdays

The one day in the year among all the dates,

It is the day the kid eagerly awaits,

The day to look forward for endless fun,

For on this day, he is the special one.

In a few years, as a scrawny teen,

In the journey of life he is in between,

Navigating feelings that are so complex,

As he tries to impress the fairer sex!

As time goes by, he turns another page,

With the crisis that is sometimes called middle age,

The reflection in the mirror shows a person that is stout,

With just a hint of the emerging self doubt.

Years later, the day makes him reflect,

About how his life has been far from perfect,

But the smile on his face reveals the inner joy,

The one he felt when he was a little boy!