Another year, another cake

They see me wish, my smile fake

I fear getting older

Glancing over my shoulder

Petrified of memories I’ll lose

They sing cheerfully, my ears hear the blues

So I scrapbook, write it all down

Never knowing to stop, look around

By fearing losing moments

I miss the rainbow, ignore the poets

They say life is short, so savour it

Haunted by forgetting, too absent to admit

I’m not really living, I’m racing through

I’m now forgetting to pause, take in the view

Before I know it, a year had come and gone

Didn’t have a chance to breathe in the dawn

So as I blow out the candles this year

Making my wish, I ignore the fear

Now I live memories worth re-living

I remember them more, a new beginning

LLK.