Just a Wish

( This is the first among the 100 poems dedicated to Barack Obama in his endeavor to retain the most powerful office on earth!) Africa has had a four-year dance Upon the pedestal of fame; That little boy with a funny name, Barack Hussein Obama the darling of chance Has brought glory to a derided soil. Had I a say in the heavenly councils; A voice among the celestial consuls, I would turn and twist both fortune and fate And give that blessed tongue a landside triumph in every state! Were I the omnipotent son of God Dwelling in that magnificent city of gold, I would open every American eye, So that it may see with a sigh The gift bestowed upon that fruit of a Kenyan loin; And in his genuine cause I would all and sundry join! Were I the merciful Ruler of the Universe, I would with all minds converse; I would both convince and enthuse Upon all mortals the luck they refuse! But since I'm a powerless being known by none, Mine shall remain a wish at best; That the will of heavens may be done, Praying with a pleading tongue before the Mercy Seat!