I Saw A Wish by Vicente Reyes

I Saw A Wish Caress the Sky

Sometimes the fairgrounds are quiet and you can hear the wind blow,

So I walked where we walked and heard the distant sound of playing,

It was the call of children one to another and the afternoon sun

Cast a glow over the tents and grounds where we held hands before.

You are somewhere in your pastels and they see you they who do

Smiling and being gracious for your manners are so pleasing.

You are kind to animals including me and children love you.

I think I miss you when you are away. So I was out for a walk

Alone and solaced by the tranquil breeze and a sky that called,

As if I could take wings and sail to places where there are things

You love like the sweet treats from foreign lands you share with me.

My heart feels like a prism in the sun, and the rainbow feelings become

Songs on my lips like you see me do impromptu in the city,

In the cozy spaces where we spend hours or in the shops when you

Say to me I must be crazy to be making such sounds in public.

But I love to sing, and so, alone in this empty place it feels good

To think of how happy I am to know your love is mine and soon,

I will be with you again and enjoy your gracious presence. Oh

Tut tut, I jot you a love note but forget it in a book still you forgive me,

So thank you for all you do and who you are and what I am is now

Just happy and I would love to say to he who I was when so bad

As to think life was only for me and the art of living was unknown,

That to find happiness one should go out some night and walk

Beneath the stars and in the heavens find a friend, like I call

The Big Dipper, whom I still see now and then, and when

I see my old friend there are so many dreams to recall.

Well for years I kept the vision of you and one time a star

Streaked across the heavens as I walked voicing mad questions,

Seeking quick answers of perhaps only the wind but it was bright

And it touched the Northeastern sky like lightning or a caress so I

Made a wish that I would find you and left it at that and went home.

Well so then she came one night beneath the sky and I kissed her.

But she would not believe and time told me it was not she.

Then lives, cities, colors and years passed like a caravan.

It was a circus time of change and fun. I laughed with you then.

At silent evening with nothing but whispers I held you really tight

One night and in the splendid skies I suddenly saw the light.

August 6, 2000

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