#12

Elizabeth
I wish
I wasn't so alone.
I wish
he'd come back.
I wish
things were the way they used to be.
I wish
that Thunderbird would just disappear and leave my husband.
I wish
it was high school
or before the war
or any time but now.
But wishes aren't worth anything,
not even the horses or tears that they turn into.

(wish)

#11

Wish
Me
I wish I wish I wish I wish that I
could take the time to wash my mind so clean
that never thoughts of you nor I would dream
to scar the shining surface and fly by.

I wish I wish I wish that I might run
away from memories of happy days
of love and light. These times, they have not stayed
beyond the tests of men that now are done.

I wish I wish that I was not alone
but it seems to be that none the less I am.
I wish that I could find a single friend,
but even then I would not share my moans.

I wish that I could release and unbend,
and tell the world I'm mad, tumbled end on end.