I can't help it that I love you
the way that I do and it makes me
roll over and text you first thing
and after I'm sure you woke to see another day
than thank him collectively for we

You be joy in little lines
that I say things on purpose
to make you say
so I can smile more
than I was when I knew
you'd say so anyway

You are inspiration
breathing life into my life
so my work shows that I rose again
built back better than
where I stood before
and I can't help it
that loving you makes me
happy and healthier

Cause you be to me
everything I need
and sometimes not what I want
but couldn't live without
so I swallow reality reluctantly
only at first taste
cause it's after is always
savory with the flavor of you

So on a day like today
you'll have to just be mad
or whatever you call that
when I get like this
you know "sappy crap"
spilling endlessly from my pen
but I can't help it that
I still remember how long I waited
and prayed
just to feel like this about anything
ever again

so I can't help it really
what comes out when I allow myself
to sit down and pen

love you

I'll do as you ask
make no fuss at all
pardon me though
as I take a pause
to applaud this that
you have become
in the years since
first you took a breath
a man
surely pleasing Him
and being a vessel
of blessings for others
to know some joy
and prosperity
in this life
through you
and I don't know why
you don't want to
take a minute
just a moment to
celebrate life
when death is too much
and too many
but if you won't
than pardon me
while I give thanks
for your existence
not just in my life
but in this world
that you give your all to
in your work
too often
not enough left
for yourself
and still you don't
complain
just digging deeper
to find more
to offer them
and while your busy
doing more of just that
excuse me while I
thank Him
that you saw
another birthday again