Birthdays Poem by Habeeburahman Thaliyil Abdulla

Birthday is to remember that we are not yet grown
And we are always growing too
So young
So charming
Till We are ageless to remember How old we are at the end
in this span of earthly life

Birthday is to celebrate
With balloons and cakes
With feast and drinks
To light up
To add clours and shades
To the shabby greying hairs
To dye with
In the whitest corner of the brain

Fair lovely gifts
For my boy
To remind him he is grown
Growing till growth stops
A day till we are born again
In the other side of the universe
As a cat
A donkey
A dog
A rose
A jasmine
Bougainville
Hibiscus
A Cyprus
An oak
A tamarind
A mango tree
We do play remember
Under the same tree
We played with
We hanged a swing to
Fly back to heaven
Happy Birthday Papa
Mamma
Brother
Dear Sister
My friend
Son
Dear daughter