A Birthday Letter--By Jack Horne--England

A Birthday Letter

Another birthday drawing near -

although, of course, you are not here;

I'm not to send a gift or card,

no text or email - very hard.

I struggle still to understand

how it went wrong, and not as planned.

I fell in love, believed you cared;

and now recall the times we shared:

it seemed so good, so why goodbye,

that sudden end, no reasons why?

I must move on, my friends all say,

(they didn't like you anyway...)

I hope your birthday's full of fun,

but if it's dull, then think of one,

who wishes he were by your side...

I know if you saw this, you sighed

Jack Horne enjoys reading and writing poetry. He is Whispers' Activity Features Editor.