Happy Birthday to Me!

quarter century birthday promise

I am now loving the rain on my eyes
and the silky breeze on my skin

I cannot think how I forgot
to raise my face and kiss the rain or
stretch my arms and hug the silky tropical air

I missed the euphoria that poetry brings
and the freedom derived from free thinking

I cannot imagine how busy
I thought I was
that I forgot to write poems
and contain my passionate side

Now I am turning 25
I promise myself
that i will not waste each second
trying to act "matured" and adult-like
because now I know that children know
how to live life more than adults do.