Poem: June 6, 2019

For Annie on Her Birthday

I celebrate you because you're mine

and because you fight for others
and for yourself

and because you find your pleasure
in small and simple things
like Amish cheese and Internet memes

and because you are kind and like
the music I used to like

and because you are curious
and clever and quick to pick up
on a joke, and mostly quick to stop

and because you know your own mind

and your love is true and fierce

and I see myself in your grey eyes.