Last Wish

I’ve made wishes on a star,

Thrown pennies in a fountain,

Looked deep into a wishing well

To make my longings known,

Rubbed lamps expecting swirly smoke

To conjure up a set of three,

Even lifted silent prayers

When I was all alone.

 

Children’s play, these expectations,

Careless folly edged with greed,

Birthday wishes blowing candles,

Secrets no one else may know.

Pull a wishbone with your sister

Hoping for the shorter stem,

Or was it the longer?

Can’t remember in truth.

It was so long ago.

 

Whatever divine sorcery

Can make a fervent wish come true,

My wish, my one last wish would be

Just one more day

         To spend with you.

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