Happy Birth Day

Some rejoice whenever a year passes and their birthday approaches, bidding farewell to a year gone byand celebrating a year that has come, forgetting in the process that on this day, their lifespan decreases rather than increasesand that they have simply drawn a year closer to their inevitable endNevertheless, a bit of joy does no harm, for perhaps this celebration may be the lastand perhaps the memory of a birthday may become the memory of a departure