Happy Birthday

My striving
a state
stormed over California
the side near the sun
shocks me
with unexpected tones
the kind you hear
on the inside
where my no's and yes'
cannot survive

you want me here
the side near the sun

we burn together
in unexpected tones

don't march this way
away from here
the way you hear
our sounds apart

we rest together
near the side
my striving near the sun

a state
storming
toward the west
a setting
of unexpected tones

hear me sing with you
happy birthday