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                      I Wish…

                      Published by Orwellian at February 4, 2023
                      Categories
                      • Poetry
                      Tags
                      • I wish
                      • love
                      • love is all you need
                      • society
                      I wish... Poetry of love for all

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                      I don’t wish our nights starry always.
                      I don’t wish we could fly high in the sky.
                      I don’t wish for abundant gold;
                      it is of no more value than stones.

                      I don’t wish for ease all the way.
                      I believe hurdles come and thereby, we grow.
                      I don’t wish the sea to always be calm,
                      but I wish fair winds behind our sails.

                      I wish for a motherly society;
                      a society screened by love,
                      where morals and ethics are true,
                      and love is what we spend.

                      I wish we were perpetually happy.
                      I wish there would always be love to share.
                      I wish there was a better way to say this.
                      I wish. I wish. I wish…

                      When we are sad, when we cry,
                      when we slumber, when we fall;
                      Is there something to make us smile again?
                      I wish there was enough love to go around.


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