Love Poem: Happy Birthday Son
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Written by: Daniel Turner

Happy Birthday Son

We'd have had a party today
But we never got the chance to play
No bottles shaken, no first steps taken
No diapers to throw away

We never wished on a star
Or climbed on monkey bars
No knee boo boos, no trips to the zoo
No wagon rides or plastic cars

It would have been fun to play catch in the yard
Teach you poker or stupid tricks with cards
Your first girlfriend, what fun that would've been
Your first date in the family car

I could've taught you a few manly jokes
But not around your mom or other folks
I'd have built you a pool, watched you graduate high school
Maybe ski behind the family boat

 You'd have graduated college by now
Be a doctor or lawyer somehow
Whatever made you happy, would've made me happy
Today we'd be saying wow

You would've been thirty today
But God took you away
If one wish would come true
Just to say I love you
And son Happy Thirtieth Birthday



   Feb 10  2016
    An original poem by the "poemdog" Daniel Turner