(on the occasion of Marie's birthday, '05)
Mark this day.
Not with X,
As if done and gone;
Not with null,
As in no account.
But with exclamation.
Mark this day.
Not a point,
As if done and gone;
Not with sign,
As in past account.
But with exclamation.
Mark this day,
Not regret
As in things not gone;
Not with care,
As in things to do.
But with an exclamation.
Mark this day
With hope and joy;
Mark this day
With faith and love--
As you have done
In all our days
As we know you.
You are our best,
Even in uncertain times.
You are exclamation:
The hope and joy,
The faith and love
We all are bathed in
By your being you.
We mark this day.
You are our exclamation.
Bathe in the love
We have for you.
Mark this day,
As we know and love you.
