the wishing well.
photo via unsplash i just wish it could be simple i wish an onion didn’t have so many layers i wish the peeling of papery wrappers wouldn’t make me want to cry i wish that time could be examined i wish moments could be held i wish you and i together had a reason, had a rhyme i wish love could be the answer i wish romance wouldn’t lie i wish little things like these every time we say goodbye i wish i’d leaned my head against your shoulder i wish you’d look me in the eye i wish it wouldn’t be so complicated to move on and have a life i wish i was a kinder person i wish well for you and her, but i wish i had been honest; when you asked, i said “i’m fine.” i wish the energy hadn’t faded i wish we’d lasted as a team i wish that at the very least, that was something i could keep i just wish it could be simple i wish i knew the reason why i keep wishing for a friendship that might really be a lie. *originally written in june 2021