I Wish…
I wish the world was a better place
and that all people held respect
I wish that we all could recall the goodness
and of hatred we would forget
I wish the wind could be painted bright
with strange colors that could seen by the eye
I wish it were to be given flavor we could taste
as it swirled and wandered by
I wish that the night was silver, not black
and the day was the very same
For if day and night looked exactly alike
Time would only be known by one name
If Time never changed and stayed ever so still
as the world turned and journeyed across the boundaries of vast space
It would blaze a trail in the darkness and through the gloom
…a rainbow cutting across the Vault of Heaven; a streak of mercury-colored lace
I wish that the past ages could be relived again
just as though one could dwell and then fade into a dream
You could reach out a hand and catch the painted wind you could taste
and let it carry you into the yonder of the endless conscious Time stream
Basking in the swirling eddy of the Waters of Change
one could swim to the low bank of the years gone by
You could place forth a foot and retake a venture into the Lost By Gone
wearing the clothes that your Love has dried…
I wish that Life was warm, not cold
and that warmth was known as Good forevermore
For Good is lacking in this world in which we share
being replaced by the malignant Bad on our personal shore
I wish that beauty could overlap the ugliness that humanity
courts and holds
Then Art would be the canvas that War once was
and laughter would vanquish the tone and meaning of harsh words
I wish that sickness and poverty and disease
could take on the appearance of a small and innocent seed
Then a field could be found…
A hole could be burrowed…
Once panted it would grow into tree
This tree would blossom and the fruit it would bear
Not bitter but sweet, would it taste
It would nourish and multiply and feed the masses
…no more hunger for the weary and forlorn human race
And I wish that you could remain for a while
and not have to fly away
For you will be missed in my heart and in my mind
for in there, in that hallowed place is where you stay
You are Goodness and Love
You are food for my Soul
You are everything that comes with a clean rain
...when you are gone the rain becomes my tears
and with tears, I wish there were no pain…
I wish…
JWS, 23 – 24 June 01, (Esoteric thoughts for Cynthia)