Happy Birthday 2016/17
Crystal ships soar high above and glisten
Angels sigh and songbirds pause to listen
For the day has come
With beating of the drum
Celebration of the day she first
Brought to life a life-fulfilling thirst
As from her lungs a song, in colours, burst
From that moment on, my beating heart
Responded to the tunes she did impart
For long and long, her glow ne'er came to rest
In journey of the heart made manifest
Trapped beneath the waves, she found her way
But, always, always passion held her sway
The power chained within the hurricane
Drew from heart of mine the depths of pain
She knocked the stuffing right out into staves
Washing all the shores with banking waves
Her glow began in rhythm as she rose above the sea
The pulsing of her heart and glow stir in my memory
A shelter rose within this heart in time of greatest need
In return for dazzlement of wonder do I plead
The blowing of the hurricane transforms
From battering of ships into the storms
To gentle breeze of swaying song
Of loving of a life both free and strong
Free from all of the anguish of a race
Left behind in awe without a trace
Strengthened by the love I have for you
Into a cord of life with loving view
On one bright morn she sang across the waves
Count me 'mongst her many, starstruck knaves