My Birthday

04/01/2021 – Poem a Day Compilation



I don’t need balloons,

Filled with helium and tied with string,

Floating joyously above my head

But it would be nice.



I don’t need chocolate cake

Covered in icing and sprinkles

And adorned with sparklers

But I wouldn’t say no.



I don’t need any presents

Wrapped in pretty paper

And tied with glittery ribbons

But I’d appreciate them.



I don’t need a hand-made card

With heart-felt sentiments

Beautifully written inside

But I’d still treasure it.



And if I had to give them all up

For the one thing I truly wanted

I’d do it in a heartbeat

Because things don’t matter at all.



What I want can’t be bought at the shops

Or wrapped up and given away;

What I want is the love of a good man

Whose gift to me is his heart.