Angela - On the Eve of Your 36th Birthday

You're on that big bird,
Flying out over a vast ocean,
Such a great mystery,
So many novel thoughts,
Flying through your pretty head,
Mixed feelings as you soar above the clouds,
You want to smile but tears fall instead,
Baby you're flying,
You're soaring,
Leaving behind those crystal beaches,
So many thoughts coursing through your mind,
All those feelings you're holding dear in your heart,
A myriad of memories you're taking with you,
All those precious moments you're leaving behind,
All those words and sentences you've manifested,
All those languages and foreign smells,
All those sweet and savory flavours still ling'ring in your mouth,
Away you fly from Thailand,
That mountain highland,
Far away and in your distant south,
Flight attendants will be serving you a western breakfast,
In the eastern sky a morning sun is rising above the spinning earth,
Thoughts mingling with northern emotions as you fly,
Those precious weeks in Thailand,
All those wondrous moments when you laughed and cried,
After tomorrow you'll be back where you'd begun,
Stepping back into that other dream,
When darling life was young,
My bird girl,
Safe flight,
Safe journey,
God be with you all the way,
May your guardian angel hold your hand,
May joy and happiness travel with you,
On your long journey to our northern land,
Let love into your beating heart,
As all those mysteries of life,
Attend your every moment,
Carry you safely to your native land,
You're so high above the earth now,
Like a bird you're flying free,
Like a Golden Eagle or Thunderbird,
Your perfect soul is soaring home with thee,
There are mountains in your future,
A million stars and galaxies yet to unfold,
So many wondrous stories still to be told,
Ten thousand chapters yet to be written,
A hundred thousand adjectives,
All that verbal love that you'll be smitten with,
All that life you're yet to be gifted with,
All those sparkling jewels that you will be blessed to hold,
A brilliant sun is rising in the east,
There is thunder in your heart,
Part of you you've left behind in wondrous Thailand,
Still you know deep down you're heading to a greater feast,
Where your brilliant life will flourish,
Where you'll bathe in God's great glory,
Where love and joy will find a home inside you,
Where all your dreams will be imagined,
Where brave strength and all your courage,
Will help you do your part,
Someday,
Many years from now,
When you have grown old,
You'll look back remembering,
All these golden moments like a brilliant light,
All these novel moments in your glorious life,
That carried you through this wondrous night.