Day 16: Turn the Page

It's my birthday!

It’s my birthday today

And I ran out of words to say.

It feels weird feeling this way

But it’s not the first time the void’s held sway.

But I gatto do what I gatto do,

I gatto be true to all that’s true

And show the world that I came through

And thrived despite the stuff I went thro.

So here’s a token of courage

Dished out on a plate of rage;

My heart’s been strengthened by age

And life keeps turning the page.

Akpan