I Wish I Wouldn'T

The sun is burning my eyes, my hands and my feet Harsh light scorches the ground, setting it ablaze The heat brings out the pests and flies. I run from sliver of shade to sliver of shade, hoping for merely a minute of respite. Praying that the clouds will bring relief and rain Rain never comes day in and day out. Every sunrise rings more and more pain I’m wishing that there will be relief from the heat, But I have doubts Rain never comes and the heat never ends. I don’t want to burn. It never stops. The water never stops flowing, During the dismal gray days, Into the pitch-black nights, With time, they only get damper and muggier I hope and wish to see the suns’ rays I want to feel the light and drying warmth of the sun. I want to stand on solid ground that isn’t washed away, My hands are numb from the flow constantly soaking them. I continually fight to keep my head above the surface, Rain never ends and drought never comes. I don’t want to drown. I can’t feel my feet, I wish the ice could be melted but the sun is frozen I long for heat to visit this land, The cold is taking me captive I want to feel a warm sun again. An ice wind never ceases, never leaves Bringing more snow and cold that bites The endless wind taunts me with memories of warmth in the summer breezes I can’t feel my hands. I wish for just one spark, I pray for just a small flame, Something to melt the frozen sun. I don’t want to freeze. Far away I see a glimmer of hope, A dark rain-laden cloud in the distance Could this day be the last of the drought? Could it be? A break in the clouds? Yes, a ray of sunshine in my soggy gray world The flood’s time is over The sun is rising on a frozen plain once more But I hear it, hope is nearby, The dripping of melting snow and ice As my hope builds, it is also torn down. The cloud is gone; The burning, ever burning sun has taken it. I wish I wouldn’t burn. But it isn’t so, the clouds have closed my only hope They have destroyed my chance of standing on land The rain pours and floods evermore. I wish I wouldn’t drown It wasn’t so, I didn’t hear a true sound. The dripping was my own heart, With my ears wishing to hear melting ice so much. I wish I wouldn’t freeze. We wished and wished, We tried and tried, We survived as long as we could, But I burnt. I drowned. I froze.