I TRIED
Wishbones on Thanksgiving
my birthday cake each July
dandelions in the summer
pennies in the wishing well at the park,
and the first star, every night, before bed
Nana used to say
that wishing don’t make it so
but not wishing meant giving
up completely
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I used to have the same wish all the time when I was a kid too and mine did mot come true either as much as I wanted it to. Mine was not about my Father, but I used to wish that I would wake up in the morning and be able to walk like everyone else. Every day though I would wake up and things would always be the same.
When I realised that one was not going to come true. I then started to wish that one day Someone might love me, understand me. My boys are the closest ones to loving me but as for understanding me I don’t believe that will ever happen either unless I can.
Start to believe in myself. I am almost there I have come a long way lately so maybe there might be a glimmer of hope yet. I think there is a reason why they say be careful what you wish for. Sometimes we just have to be grateful for what we have . After all sometimes what more can we do.
– Anne McKenna
This is eerie. My Nana, too, taught me about wishbones, dandelion puffs, pitching pennies and wishing on evening stars. But she was also the practical woman who once taught me the saying, “If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.” I think she taught me, in all of this, the value of coupling hard work with fervent wishes.
My Nana used to say that too! She didn’t believe in wishing on anything but my grandfather, well, he was a different story.
Beautiful. I ache for you every time I read one of these poems, Susan.
Thank you, Tracy. I’m glad I’m touching people emotionally with these.
Especially love this one.
Thank you, Jenn.
As I told you on Saturday – I love love love your poems. xo
Thanks again! I love that they’re connecting with so many people.
Love the directness of the ending here.
Thanks. Sometimes the endings come first and boy does that make the rest of the poem hard for me. 🙂
tanita says:
Ooh, really like this one; it speaks to every wish we’ve all made for every out of reach thing…
Re: tanita says:
Thank you, Tanita.