She Wished Poem by Jim Yerman

She wished that she could be a star...
but her wish was over soon
"Why be a star? " She wondered.
"When she could be the moon? "

But the moon spends all her time in darkness
that wouldn't be very much fun
so she no longer wanted to be the moon
she'd rather be the sun!

But the sun is bright and hot all the time...
with no air conditioning…so she vowed,
she no longer wanted to be the sun
she would rather be a cloud.

But clouds do not control their flight
as they soar across the sky
then she wondered to herself,
if that's the reason why clouds cry...

As she stood their wishing she could be
the wind, the flowers or the sea
she thought to herself…how none of these
could ever wish that they were me.

She concluded she must be pretty special,
to be able to dream the way she does
so she made one final wish that night
to be exactly who she was.