Happy Twenty-First Birthday, Mira!

Remember that poem that I wrote for you and put in your birthday note jar? It wasn’t actually a poem…

Written and performed by Tirzah Reed
Produced by Zachary Eisner

Mira my dear-a
How glad that I am
To have you in my life today and tomorrow
Mira my dear-a
How sad that I am
To miss you the first eighteen years of our lives 

The late night talks 
And campus walks 
They carried me through
Some ups and downs
And all around a lovely friendship full of shared communication 

Mira it’s clear-a 
Your kindness abounds
Towards me and our friends and whomever’s around 
Mira it’s clear-a
Because of you 
I have an example of what I should do 

In order to
Become more true
To myself and others 
I’ll see you and I’ll say me too
When fingers slip past noses and you say I love you 

Mira, this year-a
I’m hoping for you
A joyful year, amazing at it’s worst 
For your twenty-first.