happy birthday brother dear!

thank you for hearing out
my arguments
my stories
my resentments

thank you for sharing
baby pictures, travel pictures
your heartaches and happy news
of fatherhood and job promotions

thank you for believing
that im not stupid
that I can be smart
that I am good.

thank you for taking the time
in the middle of a busy workday
surfing the web for my picture
on a newspaper frontpage

thank you for respecting
my job and my views
thank you for accepting
my quirks and my flaws

thank you for supporting
my feminist passions
my aquarian hobbies
the hankerings of a youngest sibling

thank you for giving
your time
your money
your heart.

love you!