43- Poem by Lindy Jean Kleinhans

By LJK

A wish for all my years
And some was filled with tears
If 44 arrives
My wish is to survive

1 wish for daily hope
2 wishes to elope
3 wishes perfect sun
4 wishes feel I'm done
5 wishes when its dark
6 wishes lights a spark
7 wishes when I'm smart
8 wishes mends my heart
9 wishes count the ways
10 wishes loving days

33 more to go,
But no more wishing so,
I tend to be realistic
to carry love so simplistic

Though 43 years has been tough
I pray they aren't enough
I want to do more in my life
And leave a mark without much strife

To love and be loved
To be a safe place
To hope where there's none
To have faith and more fun

I carry a world in 43 years
No one understands
But only the truest of them all
Will know what life demands

We have but one life
So spend it well
"Live long and prosper"
and never dwell
on past discretions
oh such hell
Move forward, new beginnings yell.


Go-Where your heart feels home
Lest you become another syndrome