Happy Birthday

There is absurdity and the world stood still
Innocence was stripped and wiped away
Zigzag thoughts rushing down the hill

I pan the mind and recollect the day
In bright blue flashbacks, when
Innocence was stripped and wiped away

At times the world is beyond my ken
And I begin to fear the end of love
In bright blue flashbacks, when

A plethora of love songs shove
My mind and I blink away the tears
And I begin to fear the end of love

I wished somebody would wipe my fears
And whisper ‘happy birthday’ in to
My mind and I blink away the tears

I close my eyes hoping for what is due
There is absurdity and the world stood still
And whisper ‘happy birthday’ in to
Zigzag thoughts rushing down the hill.
----Venkat Siddareddy