WISHES

WISHES
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A poem by Andreas. L

I was stranded on Sahara desert
And saw a beautiful lamp carved in gold and Arabic writing
It shines towards me
Just like the midday sun above
I would rub and shake

And the genie came out
“You have three wishes” he said
“What would it be?”
My throat felt thirst, my lips are dried
Water

And so it gives me an oasis that I’ll never forget
A clear water pond, with palm trees planted on one side
And boulders of small waterfall supporting it
Simple yet alluring

I slurped and gulped
Till the sign of thirst beginning to altered to
The sign of full and enough

“I assume you’ve used your first wish alright”
“What will be the second one?”

I looked around for a while
At the vacant dustland
Seems that the world consist of only me

And this genie

Genie, I want to become a zillionaire
Will you transfer them to my bank account?
Here’s the number

“Kaching!!” he said, “signed, sealed and delivered. No need tax payment”
My hand start to tremble
Knees shaking and eyes wide opened
Since I’ve charted first on the list
Of the richest man in the world

“Bff your second wish is clich.. Wonderful!!”
“I would sure wish that if I were you”
He exaggerate with fake smiles
“Well son, you ready for you third wish washy?”

Then a flash of thought linger through my brain

Why was I walking across the Sahara?

Walking alone, with no one beside me
Who are able to take care of me?
When I’m sick
Or make me warm
When I get cold
And support me for all my live

I suddenly thought of someone I loved
Someone who has been around me since elementary school
Same grade, close neighbor
It’s been 17 years since I’ve known her
I love her, but I can’t get my heart to actually say it

Genie, I would like someone I really loved
To be here with me

Genie gave my wish a thought for a sec
And he said:

“Genie can grant you wish with a click of a hand
But genie can’t grant a wish that involves a man and a woman
And their relationship
Regardless how long you’ve been around her
Or how your relationship goes
Sometimes, you have to solve them all by yourself

For all we know
There’s something that genie can’t grant
Only god can bestow it upon you
It’s something priceless
Something like your wish”
And as he said that, he vanished

Was that a wish?

I felt a silenced air around me

The warming sun striking my body
Sweats fell all over
When suddenly tears flowing through my eyes

Tears of thought of the past
The dumb me, who can’t say my feeling to someone I love the most

As afternoon shift to night, the wind started to rise
The sun started to set,
And the weather is not on my side
I felt the world is staring at me

Quicksand starts to appeared
I was helpless
Giving up my thought and all my body absorbed
By this scornful Mother Nature

I woke up head tilted to the left
On my study table
I was in my room
Sweating and gasping

I realized it was just a dream!!!
I silenced for a few minutes
Why was I having this dream?
Does this have anything to do with
My relationship with her for almost 17 years?

Suddenly someone walked up stairs
Opened the door
And it was my mom
Telling me that she, the one I loved
Came by to wish me happy birthday

This is going to be the time
Where I really have to confess my feelings to her

I took off my chair
Rushed downstairs
And saw her stood up before me
Looking very beautifully dressed up
He brought me a flower and a happy birthday cake

“Happy Birthday!” She said

Her smiles, her eye and the perfume she was wearing

Makes me cry

To be continue…..