Birthday Wish At Midnight Poem by Monita Soni

On my daughter's twenty second birthday
I woke up rested
My aching muscles needing
the sleep
the day just slipped pleasantly away through our fingers

As the church bells chime the midnight hour
I am happy on the sofa
She is next door
Reading
We heartily ate every spicy morsel of the birthday feast

Suddenly I think of Madame Bovary's flair
For fashion and fantasy
Stunned I realize
That dreams can be coaxed to
Come true

One birthday at a time!