I neva wished fo world peace cause my momma said “dont u waste wishes”
if god were to answer my prayers I’ll wish fo what’s worth wishin
like brotherly love and a truck load of Hersey kisses
I ain’t wish fo the finest man to make me his Mrs’s
cause I know better than to wish fo somethin that ain’t worth wishin
I wish the man I love ain’t inherent his daddy’s cancer
I wish the moon will let me know when he’s lookin at her
so I can look too and maybe catch his reflection
my god how his face glows no star up there reached his perfection
I wish tommorrow comes before today has ended
so I can see wats in store above the stairs before me extended
because the second floor dont always have electronics and junior clothes
Even the beach’s clear sand aught to have a broken bottle to cut my toes
I wish I can read his mind, know what he’s thinking
I’ll use up my final wish to know how he really feels
his lips say something that his eyes deni
my words get caught in my throat all I say is I-
didn’t say the part where I wanted to know what he really thought
cause the words he sold me, my mind never bought
maybe my heart did
but my heart’s a kid
you shouldn’t offer a child candy
beacause he’ll never so no
and that what I did now my heart is solo

This poem was written/submitted by Ahlam.