Happy birthday, Poetry

April is dedicated to you,

Dear Poetry,

This is first day of the cruel month,

When you are going to be toasted for

Your arrival and company on the global front

Through social media like the Facebook,

I wish you happy birthday,

Dear Muse to me and million others,

You have made my existential burden light

Through your sublime presence;

I salute you for uplifting me above the mundane

And showing me the strange realms with balming touch,

And pointing us to the rare vistas and hoary summits

Scaled by the likes of Shakespeare, Keats and Wordsworth;

Your words are cherished by hungry generations that want

To make this planet a better and livable world;

I invoke my goddess to guide me always to inspiring words

And to spread love and tolerance for my sisters and brothers

Of different tongues, faiths and colours!