Mum with her little brother Kevin
This is for my mum who is 77 today. Happy Birthday, Mum!
December
The year dwindles and glows
to December’s red jewel,
my birth month
The sky blushes,
and lays its cheek
on sparkling fields.
Then dusk swaddles the cattle,
their silhouettes
simple as faith.
These nights are gifts,
our hands unwrapping the darkness
to see what we have.
The train rushes, ecstatic,
to where you are,
my bright star
by Carol Ann Duffy