Happy 60th Paul

Celebrating Shashti Poorti, a significant milestone, memorable turning point

Apparently prayers and reaffirming of marriage vows mark this point

Everyone says happy birthday to you

But is it enough for me to just say happy birthday to you?

How can a few words even dent the many emotions

That are surely are expressed in everyday caring motions

I look forward to everyday spent with you

Hoping that it is the same with you

Wishing for you, health and happiness and peace

And I do all I can to help you live a life of ease

Cooking the foods you love

But baking a cake I cannot manage, love

I might be a tad obsessive about small issues

But you soon remind me they are but minor issues

I might annoy you a little by forgetting an odd thing

And giggles at bedtime and loud songs I occasionally sing

The best time with you has always been on holidays

The amazing places, sights and laughter we share on holidays

You used to wear everything blue when we first met

Now you wear clothes of every colour I can get

That hair went red in the sunshine

Now the hair is bleached with age and sunshine

The knees might creak but the walk is still tall

Ready to pick me up every time I fall

Strong believes and values you live up to

Makes you one that I look up to

Just as you stand between me and the world

I also always aim to protect you from this world

I could go on and on but enough for now

Let me leave some words for another poem about thou

Happy Birthday Paul