You always got gypped

So many birthdays in a row

Then Christmas

Then New Year’s

By Jan 7 we were holidayed out

Our money was gone

That cake was too much

After a month of sweets

Now I would give anything

To bake you a cake

Watch you open a mountain of presents

I know celebrations made you

uncomfortable

But your being alive deserved celebration

Now I mark that day

As another day without my Dad

A day after Christmas

And New Year’s and all those birthdays

I celebrate it solemnly

I write you a poem or a Facebook post

And I think about you

I wonder about you

 

You gave me far more

Than I ever gave you

You deserved so much

You never got