On the anniversary of her birthday!

 

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The day that she was born I'll gladly bless.

A third child - to her Mum and Dad, I guess.

And younger sister to both Anne & Hans,

and God was op'nin up his deeper plans.

She loved her languages, and learned for fun,

communicating with folk who would run

from idleness, they wanted to explore,

so tried out other cultures, other shores.

She ended up infected by that too,

so off she went with Rotary, and a few

of other students from around the world,

to Portugueses Brazil, where something curled

and waited till her scepticism waned,

before unleashing life, that won't be tamed

by just our expectations and our plans,

the life of God himself, bigger than Man's,

or Woman's, for it gives itself away

to others, as a hose can do each day,

without just running out of liquid gold,

because it is connected, truth be told,

to reservoirs of water being filled

with every rain that falls. It's mostly skilled

at letting go and then, receiving more,

so living things can grow, & cleaning lores

could be emancipated, in real life.

I'm glad that she said "Yes!", became my wife,

and joined in on the good of fam-il-y.

She's worked with God to bless us. 'Specially me!

Paul L. WALKER, ORANGE, NSW, 2800.

17 SEPTEMBER 2021

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