Happy birthday to a special friend!
Although I haven't known you many decades,
Perhaps because you've never fade,
Pleasure reigns as I these greetings send.
Your happiness should last till all things end!
Because you've been so great and understanding--
In toughest times you've made me laugh and smile--
Rejoice in your own specialness awhile:
This I'm not requesting but demanding!
How else to make yourself the celebration,
Doing what does not come naturally?
Always your concern has been for everyone else,
Yet now you must endure my adoration!