On My Birthday

Well, fancy that now,
another year has disappeared
into the past, distant and near
alike. There are those distinct
and intimate memories
that in their totality of
reference and personal
reverence comprise the
events of my life. It has been,
I am grateful to acknowledge,
an experience I would not 
have wished to be absent
from, a long and lovely
adventure through life's
fortunes and events
favouring me with a long
and lively expedition into
an unknown journey.  Quite
the trip and quite the
companion by my side
guiding and sharing and 
even catching up with
me now and again.