What Makes Your Birthday So Special? Poem by Elizabeth Padillo Olesen

Sing a birthday song
Pick a flower from the garden
Or let your florist deliver your roses.
Wrap a present from a shop
Send sms, a letter or an e-mail,
a telegram, ring or on Skype simply chat.

There is something special
when one is a birthday celebrant
He or she becomes the focus
of great concern- of greetings
and best wishes far and wide
on Face book and Twitter or in blogs
a hundred posts say a special word.

'Why is this day so special? "
Asks the celebrant.
So the poet answers:
"Birthing a child
from a mother's womb
only happened once."