Happy Birthday Danny

Happy Birthday Danny!! Man... time goes by real fast it was almost like yesterday that you were a lil guy, still in diapers and doing 3rd grade. O.k fine, so those two things were like years ago but still, the arguments we've had over useless subjects, the swordfighting with sticks when we were younger, all the stupid jokes we've shared--its been the best man... happy 15th!! Thats right, ladies and gents, he's nearly a *gasp* SR. now... but he already looks like one honestly, this picture of me and him is just old, thats all.

And yes, here's the thing I said I had for you... sorry I didn't send it, you never gave me your new email adress. Hope this year kicks butt like never before!

(Note to all the rest of you: If you lived with him for any amount of time you'd understand the humor in the poem, but yes, oh well....)

Danny

They say “Knowledge is power”
And yet, for all your knowing
I am still stronger then you.
Yet, strangely, could it be
That with all your, “useless facts”
That you alone can scare me?

Your minds a tactician’s hell:
Retreat, alas, and sally hence;
Philosopher’s worst nightmare
To find a hold of heat within,
And yet, your Furies Fire
Burns brighter then bitter cold.

Ponderous… uselessly so,
Your heads the highest tower
Hades himself could not undo.
Not stubborn, only willful
Your arrogance outlasts you—
Falling is but your actor’s tale.

And stars swim by your bed nightly
Their flames engulf your dreams tightly,
So lead on, little brother,
Flames you need never to fear
Reach to the stars that bind you—
Bite them in your insanity.