Birth Day

Found this in my docs. Wonder what else is in there!

Birth Day

Everybody has one.

The very young and the very old look forward to it.

Everybody else would just as soon forget about it.

They lie about it, try to ignore it, wonder how the hell this happened.

They view it as some view a cliff;

As something you can never come back from.

I view it as more like a slide;

A giant slide.

A long glide

That begins the moment you come spurting into the world

All red and slippery

To the moment you land

Wherever it is that the slide ends.

Some think you land in a garden

Or a cloud…

I hope it is a pool.

Much nicer to land in a pool

Than on unforgiving ground.

No matter how grassy

That landing would be hard.

And I’ve flown through the clouds.

No support there.

Better to slip into some delightfully cool water

With frolicking swimmers of all ages,

Because some get down the slide faster than others.

Unnaturally fast.

Unfairly fast.

But I am ahead of myself.

I'm still on the slide,

Fortunate,

Gliding toward my destiny

See you in the pool.

Meanwhile, enjoy the ride.