Happy Birthday

I want it all to myself, 
the breath that I hold in
as the candle wax melt
becomes frosting and thin.

I want to share everything,
the sweet cake and the flame, 
the fruit filling, wish fulfilling
love I see in my mind untame. 

Thus, wind blows through me
and I wish the flame to be
ever burning within. Happy,

Happy Birthday!

^{Copyright: Thomas Christopher Elliott, 2021.}