Quotes about Birthdays

i am running into a new year
and the old years blow back
like a wind
that i catch in my hair
like strong fingers like
all my old promises and
it will be hard to let go
of what i said to myself
about myself
when i was sixteen and
twenty-six and thirty-six
even thirty-six but
i am running into a new year
and i beg what i love and
i leave to forgive me

Once when she felt herself growing older, she said to the mirror, "Why am I afraid of birthdays?"  "Because," the mirror said, "there is something you have always wanted to do which you have been afraid of doing and you know time is running out."  And she ran from the mirror as quickly as she could because she knew in that moment she was not afraid and she wanted to seize the time.