Happy Birthday Tulips

It has been a while since I shared another one of my writings. I try to do it somewhat regularly. It is an exercise in self-confidence. If I won't share this blog with people that I know, then I must at least have the courage to share some of my writings.

Another children's poem. This is autobiographical (yes, as a child I was so self-centered that I truly believed that tulips bloomed just for my birthday)

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Happy Birthday Tulips

Every year, without a doubt

Just for me, the tulips come out

They sit and they wait, all year real snug

For the perfect time to give me a hug

They never miss it, they're never tardy

They make it in time for my birthday party

The purples and pinks and yellows too

Pop out just to sing "happy birthday to you!"

But this year, you see, I'm a little distressed

For The tulips and roses,and all of the rest

The springtime was cold, and rainfall was fickle

And any spring blooming was only a little

They missed it this year, but I won't cry

If they come out just once so I can say hi

I'm sitting here waiting, all dressed in my best

By my garden of tulips and all of the rest

When the soil is ready and the earth is made new

I can say to the tulips "happy birthday to you!"

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