Wishes.

They're the candles

that line cakes

the stars

that fall across the sky

the wind

that blows and releases dandelions from their stems.

Wishes constantly fill our mind

with a relief that

one day they will be a dream

turned into a reality

without giving much thought to it.

They'll simply just come true.

There is one wish, however

that I struggle with

more than any other.

I wish I had known you

before you died.

Because you see,

wishing for something that's

already dead is more

difficult than wishing

for something that is already

alive.

It is a wish that cannot come true,

because even as hard as I try,

the candles will not blow out

the stars will not fall across the sky

and the dandelions will not set themselves free.

The only thing I can dare to wish

is that wherever you are

you still think of me.