Wishes Fulfilled
Be Careful What You Wish For
I wish I hadn't wished it
But after I wished it
It was too late
To cancel it or take it back;
When I wished it,
I believed it would be great.
But that was then and
This is now
With only moments in between;
Just long enough to realize
The things I should have seen
Before I performed
Psychological alchemy
And created a situation
That did not warrant
Basic existence
Let alone any deliberate
Celebration.
Wishing can have a
Hair trigger
And that's a risk
In and of itself;
There are thoughts that pass
And are better left to die
A silent death
On a dark, dusty basement shelf.
Hindsight is so accurate,
We realize we were wrong,
But often that knowing
Comes too late
For most of us
In the throng.
Now I think I know it
And will not do it again,
But I know myself too well
To believe that;
The next time won't be if,
It will be when.
Published by David A. Reinstein, LCSW - Featured Contributor in Technology
Clinical Social Worker, psychotherapist, born in Boston and a relatively unscathed survivor of the 60 s. Fan of technology, guitars, creating music and poetry. Mental wellness coach, staff trainer and parent... View profile
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23 Comments
Post a CommentI really enjoyed this poem! Like the way you ended it!
Nice poem. Good reminder to be cautious, thanks.
David, you write so many incisive poems that start out that way, but just go on too long. I think a very important concept of poetry is to make the reader exercise his imagination a bit, and, when you dot every last i and cross every t, you deprive the reader of that satisfactoey exercise. Please do not take this as hate mail If you had stopped at "the things I should have seen," you would have made your point a lot more artfully.
Beautifully artistic verse. Thanks!
I know myself well enough to know that I, too, will have a "when" rather than an "if", not matter how hard I try. Well done, David!
The voice of experience. well done, David.
Very nice David.
I wrote about the bucket list today. Time to empty it! cheers :)
Very beautifully expressed.
Well done :)