a decade ago
I discovered quite by chance
my child father’s
early scribbling to his ‘Nan’.
‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY NAN
WITH FONDEST LOVE
MALCOLM’
Today I received
a perfectly ordinary
birthday card
from you.
Its child-like letters
tiptoed
across the page.
Its message of devotion
was unequivocal.
‘ALLIE PIE
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
SWEETHEART
MY FONDEST LOVE
ALWAYS
JERRY’
Perhaps one day
my children’s children
will find it tucked away among my things.
Alison Cassidy
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/birthday-girl/
