Happy Birthday Shalil

Bright lights and cold rooms
Womb now hollow
Where you once rested
MY STAR IS BORN!!
Bedtime stories
Stars lit on ceilings edge
Prayers of safety
For friends and foes
Fingerprinted doorknobs
Stained glass and carpets
Puzzle time jokes and laughter
Till tears fall from glass eyes
Filled with surprise
When moms riff goes harder than yours
Simple days of chatting and snuggles
Unanswered calls going to “answering machines”
Lost keys and unlocked dreams
Adoring the world through
Car windowed trips
And fun filled visits
Baseball games ski trips and lifts
To distances and altitudes beyond the clouds
Transcending performances
To screaming crowds
Cell phones missing and answers whispered
Into canals of ears that hold deep secrets
Skinny jeans converses and handmade beads
Draping the necks of queens
Fashion designs and
Magazines lined in front of
Oprah screens and dancing feet
Celebrations of life death trials and triumphs
With family and friends that stand tall near and far
Parade marching and PRIDE lifting
Manhood Prevailed
 Wishing you life wealth and happiness
And wishing you more
Than I’ll ever wish for myself !!