Abdul Malik Mandani Poet Free verse

If Wishes Were Horses

From the life’s treasury
I borrowed a few days
to live a life my way,
Some I spent in weaving wishes,
The rest in anticipation
I squandered away!

I ventured to fly free like a bird
but grew my roots into the ground;

I set out to sail seven seas,
but cast my anchor ashore;

I yearned to dream sweet dreams
but slept on a bed of thorns;

I prayed to dwell in heaven,
but befriended the devil;

I wished to be buried in my homeland
but died on a foreign soil.

In the sweat of our labor is salvation,
Misery lies in wishful expectation.



~Oh, what the hell...contest by John lawless

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Agnes Krampe August 28, 2018 at 6:31 PM Your poem speaks to me, Abdul. So much doesn't turn out the way we wished. I love the image of the borrowed days.