Wishes and Dreams

I wish I could walk without feeling pain
I wish I could live my life again.

I dream of a time when I could run like a deer
I could jump like a gazelle with nothing to fear.

I could climb like cat and swim like fish
I can not do these things and yet I can wish.

I can dream of a day many years gone by
I could dream and pray for that bus to pass by.

I could dream my mum missed it and didn’t get on
I could dream she forgot my vaccination had not been done.

I can sit here and daydream day after day and wish that jab had gone right
I can dream I am fit, but I’m not, it went wrong, and now I have learned how 
to fight.

I can if not careful, wish and dream my whole life away
But there is no point in that, that’s what I say.

But the vaccine went wrong, and no wishes or dreams can it change
I just have to get on with my life, there is no sale or return or exchange.

Wishes are for kids and dreams are for bed
I wish I was a kid and could lay down my head.

I am tired and fed up and the wind is so cold
I wish I did not suddenly feel old.

I am reading this back and thinking boy, this isn’t me
I am going to get up and with a certainty

I am going to fix that toilet for once and for all
Even if I have to rip it off, that bloody bathroom wall.

Self Pity is over and I feel a bit of a nit
And my last dream is I am back in bed with Brad Pitt.

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Harry Horsman

Date: 3/20/2014 7:04:00 PM

needed to come back to this,,one of your finest poems,,truly penetrating, and absorbing,

Hgarvey Daniel Esquire

Date: 12/4/2012 1:27:00 PM

Dear Mandy, YOU are a very special Lady and an above average Poetess The more I read the more I want to read. I'm only on YOUR page 7 and feel I know YOU like a sister (if I had one) LOVE YOU ALWAYS and FOREVER YOUR Eternal Liege...Harry

Harry Horsman

Date: 12/1/2012 3:47:00 AM

oh i forgot, to my favourites this goes, the emotion here is amazing girl, yet you end so positive, you are a fighter of this there is no doubt..now you have the gift of poetry, and make many others happy to read what you write.. this poem is very special as are you....

Harry Horsman

Date: 10/11/2012 2:01:00 PM

Oh Mandy,

Deck Fitzgerald

Date: 12/7/2011 1:03:00 PM

I loved this mandy and your fighting end , you deserve brad pitt after that girl lol. hugs n stuff Declan

Mandy Tams The Golden Girl
Date: 12/8/2011 3:55:00 AM

Thankd Declan , thats lovely x

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 12/7/2011 11:30:00 AM

Hug for you ang a big hug to Brad Pitt. OXOX Anne-Lise

Mandy Tams The Golden Girl
Date: 12/7/2011 12:10:00 PM

Why do I get just a hug and Brad gets a big hug? Thanks anyhow Ann-lise xx

Tony Lane

Date: 12/7/2011 9:31:00 AM

And now with words you fly. I read you every day here in Ohio. In a blink of an eye you are in Ohio. You are amazing Mandy.

Mandy Tams The Golden Girl
Date: 12/7/2011 9:59:00 AM

What nice words kind sir. Was feeling a bit down but am back up there now. my sister in laws daughter lives in Ohio don't know how big the place is ?x