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Wished
by Jason WardellI wished
for strength
and the wish
took substance,
took flight,
took off.
Above the city
it collected,
it gained mass
and it fed
on stray wishes,
insomniac wishes,
desperate wishes.
A million wishes
taking substance,
taking shape,
moving beyond wish,
attracting prayer,
hope, longing,
deep, dark
desire.
And the wish
grew and covered,
engulfed the city,
engulfed the state,
engulfed the country,
continent, hemisphere,
the entire world,
the solar system,
galaxy, universe,
space,
time
.
And the wish
was in everything
and everything
was in the wish.
And the wish,
taken substance,
taken mass,
taken every single
stray,
insipid,
inspired
wish
dispersed
because it was a wish. 01/30/2009 Author's Note: Tired of staring at it in my notebook; I'll let you stare at it instead. :)
Posted on 01/30/2009
Copyright © 2025 Jason Wardell
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Colleen Sperry on 01/30/09 at 04:23 PM I'm glad you decided to let us stare at it! thank you! |
| Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 02/02/09 at 05:55 AM I'd say those are some pretty reasonable demands. Very nicely done, sir. |
| Posted by Ava Blu on 02/03/09 at 12:18 AM i still wish on the first two stars i see at night (yes, first two...i figure it couldn't hurt). they have to come true. |
| Posted by Angela Stevens on 07/15/11 at 07:53 PM And stare I did. I really like how this reads. |
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