All I Want Poem by Ayhan Diril

All I want is a handful of water.
Neither seas nor oceans.
What I need most is
A little smile.
At least for a little while.
I want no laughter
To be heard miles away,
On a silent day.

All I wish to have
Is a few happy tears
Flowing down to happy valleys
Through the green gardens.
I wish no tears
supressed by mountains or high walls.
Competing with the running waterfalls.

All I want is just a rose
Whether it is red or white.
I don't want the whole rosary.

I would like to see some small pools
Where kids play with muddy faces.
I am not after the Olympic pools
With medals or races.

All I want is
to scratch a few happy moments
on my diary in peace,
when my last hour is about to cease.
I want the moments to make me fly,
not the ones to make me cry.