Birthday Poem

In every heart there is a hidden song
That will sing itself to the skies
When, as you walk down a winding path
You choose to make your own

There are dreams buried within everyday dreams
Like fire within the jewel
Find the spark and set it free
And question reality at the seams

A birthday is not a day
Of musings solemn
See your world from the helm
and laugh your doubts away

Love, laughter, sorrow, pain
May you feel them all
And grow a thousand hues within
Like a forest hugged by fall

Life is just what you want it to be
And it will be what you are
So see yourself in your own light
Like nighttime's falling star