Wise Wishes
As I sat on a sunny beach
A tiny bottle bobbed in reach.
I rubbed it jusy to wipe it clean
And from it came a fairy queen.
"What is your wish, if I may ask?
Granting three wishes is my task."
Dumfounded by surprise of it,
I asked if I might think a bit.
"Please state your case without delay
Or I and the wishes go away."
Hurrying then at her command
I asked for love throughout the land.
If everyone would love his neighbor
We could put away the gun and sabre.
Then thinking fast, I asked for joy
For man and woman, girl and boy.
If there is joy in every heart,
Big woes and sorrows have no part.
One wish left that I must not waste
I wished there wasn't need for haste.
I did not mean that for my wish.
The spell was over with a swish .
And so my last grand wish was gone
My fairy queen had scurried on.
Though now it is a wish too late,
I'd wish that we could banish hate.
Joy and love cannot survive,
While ugly hate is still alive.
Catie's contest three wishes took 4th place
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