A friend like you, is true blue,
and tells it like it is.
Your heart is big, and Anna, you--
tuck in my store bought tag.

You always seem to have:
spare change...
a poet's pen...
an ear that bends...
a needed grin...
and shelter in...
the worst of storms.

A cautionary tale you weave,
to protect us from the enemy.
There is no gray from your worldview,
only black and white, framed in truth.

On this day, I celebrate,
your many gifts and unique call.
Anna dear, please... never change!