While uploading new stuff, here are a couple of birthday poems I wrote. The first for my lovely wife, Barbara, written the day before her birthday:
Happy Birthday Barbara
Happy Birthday I say to you
With all the love that’s to you due.
For all the little things you do
And all the big ones too.
I’m grateful to share your life
So thankful that you’re my wife.
Looking forward to what’s to come
Sure that there’ll be some fun.
Hoping you have a lovely day
And that joy will with you stay.
Toward this end I’ll do all I can
To remain, forever, your loving man.
Brian Matthews 28-10-23
And the second for my Sister, Margy
My Sister’s Birthday
On special occasions it’s nice to talk
One topic morphing into another
Sharing news about our families
Reminding each other about the little things.
Each of the snippets weave a web
Connecting each to the other
Tales of illness and of joy
As life meanders on.
It is so strange when this can’t happen
When a loved one is lost for good
And stresses why it’s so important
To take these opportunities to connect.
Little ripples spread so far
A conversation here sparks a thought
Or leads to an action, near or distant
Our loved ones never far from our thoughts.
So, Sister have a lovely day
Though not all is perfect in your world
Remember how many love you
Revel in this joy today.
Brian Mathews, 1-11-23
Brian’s Reflections 