Wise Wishes

As I sat on a sunny beach A tiny bottle bobbed in reach. I rubbed it jusy to wipe it clean And from it came a fairy queen. "What is your wish, if I may ask? Granting three wishes is my task." Dumfounded by surprise of it, I asked if I might think a bit. "Please state your case without delay Or I and the wishes go away." Hurrying then at her command I asked for love throughout the land. If everyone would love his neighbor We could put away the gun and sabre. Then thinking fast, I asked for joy For man and woman, girl and boy. If there is joy in every heart, Big woes and sorrows have no part. One wish left that I must not waste I wished there wasn't need for haste. I did not mean that for my wish. The spell was over with a swish . And so my last grand wish was gone My fairy queen had scurried on. Though now it is a wish too late, I'd wish that we could banish hate. Joy and love cannot survive, While ugly hate is still alive. Catie's contest three wishes took 4th place