I Wish I Had
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I Wish I Had Poetry Contest, Sponsor - Unseeking Seeker. Date written: 03/23/2024
I wish I had...
the power to change
a broken man's circumstances.
I'd flip his dim world
back downside up,
add colors and rays of sunshine to it,
and keep Lady Luck
smiling at him. I'd erase
his misfortune and pull him back up
by his bootstraps.
I wish I had...
the unsullied innocence
of a child;
wide-eyed curiosity,
a complete absence of guile,
unblemished
by transgression,
brimming
with vernal exuberance;
oh, it's like being reborn!
I wish I had...
the ability to resurrect the dead.
I'd bring back my father
and say to him ONE thing
I wish I've said in his living years,
and that is..."Dad, I love you!"
He knew I loved him, you see.
I showed him so many times
and in so many different ways,
but alas, I never told him so.
Copyright © Edward Ibeh | Year Posted 2024
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