A Wish Granted

By Michelle (Nietfeld) Kaufman (2018)

I wish for time to smell a rose –

To drink in its smell with my nose -

If only I could watch clouds pass

as I lie down on soft green grass -

But my checklist grows. On time goes.

I want to stretch, to touch my toes

while wearing stretchy workout clothes -

I long for sweet tea in an icy glass!

I wish for time.

I crave a nap, a time to doze

A time to suppose while I repose

A’las! By tasks I am harassed!

Bogged down by business from my class.

I wish I could chase my shadow -

I wish for time.