Birthday Aspirations
A gift box filled with immense wonders,
Has been given to the individual
Person who will unwrap
The inner most of the golden
Wrapping paper and peer inside
The gift that lays within,
The frames of no cardboard box
Because such a priceless,
Heirloom is not sold in
Any store of recognition.
Yet, a gift has been
Given to the gift-taker,
Who must now choose
To take the contents
That come with the gift,
Of luming acceptance,
Or return the gift
To the gift-giver,
Different for all those involved,
To the store that no one can see.
Such a decision,
Has to be made by
The person,
Who never figured
Their self to be
Gift-wrapped in liquid,
To the world,
That may never see
Its value, but only to some.
Yet, the taker must decide
To take up the warranty
Of the product,
With all its magnificence
Or kinks
Or return all the knowing
To the store,
Without regard to any
Sense of future purchase,
By the gift rejecter,
That didn't want to challenge the problems
Of the warranty
That came with their existence.
age 19 Jan. 1998
Copyright Wendy Torres 2000