It’s Almost My Birthday

And that of my birthday-born daughter

It’s almost my birthday

and that of my quarter of

century creation

a chance conception of my

dreams

the silver in a

cloud of magenta silence

of walls

the aching relieved

I’d be lying if I said

I loved sharing my birthday

with her;

but complaints now

are trivial

This poem was inspired by another upcoming birth day which I share with my first-born who came on my twenty-fifth birthday and IdeaStream #9. Thanks to Xavier Van Holde for the words.

Poetry Salvage

Take these ten words and turn them into a poem!

• silence
• cloud
• trivial
• walls
• creation
• dreams
• magenta
• aching
• chance
• lying

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Marla Bishop is a writer and relationship coach specialising in helping others live lives they totally love. She lives in London UK with her husband and youngest two children. You can follow her here.