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Birthday Boy Countdown

Three

By Janet ThenyPublished 5 months ago Updated 5 months ago 1 min read

Three

Is the holiness of happiness

The rustle of silk against skin

Three is the giggle in tee hee

With a little tease thrown in

Capacious three holds the key

To unlock all the pleasures

Hidden in these words

The delight in light movement and space

The rolling rollicking play and embrace

Tee hee she said tee hee

Three is the dance you want to be

The flash and the twirl and the rhythm

The heart of three

Full blossomed and round

Tumbles and pounds

In the roll and surge of surf

Tee hee he said tee hee

Listen to the undercurrent rippling up

And the silence of the waves retreating

The ancient way is hidden

In your pulse

Going down to the ground

A downbeat of sound

With the thrill of bird song thrown in

Three is the mystery of the heart

As we take a stolen moment

To find how sunlight brings your eyes

Sparkling to me in a movement

On the edge of your lips

A whimsy that we might catch the light

In the endorphin release of glee

Tee hee she said tee hee

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Janet Theny

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