ㅤ
ㅤeach passing year, as her birthday
ㅤeclipsed the calendar, the dwarfs would
ㅤconvene in holy glee. a fête would rise
ㅤfrom root and branch: apples soaked
ㅤin honeywine, ribbons strewn like
ㅤsacred runes, snowflakes kissed
ㅤwith cinnamon.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤeach image a spell: they adorn their
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤvisages with digital reverence,
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤdraped in apple-red flourish and
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤmirror-white grace.

ㅤa most joyous birth-day:
ㅤdaisy brielle, elmeira reedwart
ㅤroxanne emory, adishree maira
ㅤsal imani, rugene abhista
ㅤjuliet seraphina, ryushaze joanneira
ㅤand nuffie leddricky.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤmay your days be strung with seraphic
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤlaughter, and your nights steeped
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤin velvet peace. you are the fairest
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤglint in this storybook wood, an echo
ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤof wonder in every breath of wind. 🪷
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