The child in me is a believer

In the whimsical wind

That carries the eyelash from my finger

When that little brown lash fell upon my face

They told me

“Make a wish”

Wide-eyed I stared

At my little brown fate

Sitting on the tip of my finger

“I wish, I wish”

Away it flew

A child’s dream to come true

Now I wish for bigger things

Like I did when your soft hands

Brushed my fate from my cheek

“Make a wish” you said

And make a wish I did

I wish for the world to treat us kindly

For our love to out-survive me

But a fool is the one

Who tries to wish away the will of the universe

With all the hope that can fit

Into the tip of a finger

Now my fate falls with my tears

Wishes in the well of my palms

A dream come and gone in a year

Eyelash wishes for a life that’s not mine

Eyelash wishes

For a love at the wrong time