Three Ungranted Wishes
I want to go home
You can't.
You passed through the gates,
and locked the door and it
has passed to someone else.
I want to be
rescued
by an old
bearded man.
You can't.
You have
become that.
I want
to forget.
You can't
You don't
control the memories.
Copyright © Don Schaeffer | Year Posted 2014
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