I Wish Poem by Arti Chopra

I wish I could live again
the sweet sweet time of childhood
the love, the care, the warm delight
if I could move the years back, I would

two little hands.clasped tightly now
little steps, trundling to school
my sweet sibling, 'of trusting eyes
and mine so proud, an overflowing pool

so many years have passed us by
our separate lives have branched off far
but the loves not dimmed, nor faded away
nothing can blur, nothing can mar.

our love that has weathered many a storm,
many a stone has tripped our path,
but the memories sweet have been a balm,
the hazy memories of pleasant form.

I sit and strive and think of those years,
no worries unfound, no menacing fears,
take heed my love, take strength from him,
this too shall pass, and grief will dim.

this is yet another test,
be strong live your life to the brim
I'm there with you, in thought not word,
I'm there to walk you through light thats dim

I know even though you do not speak,
I feel your tears upon my cheek,
I pray for for you, do you sense my love,
I pray he sends you strength from above.

why I ask, what reason be
why us oh God, why her and me?
I look for answers in my prayer,
I look for a sign from the powers that be.

and then it dawns, that karma be,
the karmic debts of you and me,
we have to pay for deeds before,
we have to suffer, but how much more.

my sighs so deep, my eyes dim and cloud,
the silence within deafeningly loud,
I can but pray and wish and hope,
may God give you the strength to cope.

I wish for happy times again
I wish for things normal and sane
your spirit God should never wane
his blessings will shower on you like rain