Wish…

You laugh at me because I wish on shooting stars, and lost pennies, and dandelions. How I make a wish every time I throw a coin in a fountain, every time the clock turns to 7:11 and I catch it, every time I blow out the candles on a cake. You laugh when I beam because I have close to a 30% success rate with my wishes. But agree that 30% of 10 wishes is better than 100% of No wishes. So maybe it is worth wishing on lost eye lashes and saving the wishbone for later…

So maybe you should know that I often wish for you. That one night you came over way past my bedtime, on a night when I need to be awake early the next morning. And you just lay down next to me, put your arms around me and fell asleep. Just like that, with only a whispered greeting. Because nobody else ever has… Because you were busy too… Because you wanted to laugh at me later about how I only half woke up and gave you a clumsy kiss and babbled something senseless about how great you are…Because I wanted to wake up the next morning slightly confused but knowing the best part of my day just happened.

Sometimes I wish I could slow time down, so that you had time to finish everything.

Other times I wish on random things, like puppies and sunny days, ice cream cones and phone calls from far away friends…

But usually, I wish to see you smile.