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Printed from https://writing.com/main/books/entry_id/880079-Wishes
by Rhyssa Author IconMail Icon
Rated: 18+ · Book · Contest Entry · #2081410
my entries for the Construct Cup
#880079 added April 23, 2016 at 12:20am
Restrictions: None
Wishes
that a friendly instincts instead
of shyness had prevailed
on that plane with a child
kicking in the seat behind.
A smile could have made
that mother’s journey
much sweeter.

that instead of lingering
for endless days of waiting,
clinging to something
that never could live,
it could have died cleanly.
Two lives become increasingly
difficult to unmesh with time.

that a single word,
carelessly spoke,
had failed to emerge
and a friendship remain
untainted. Respect is so
simple a word
that can be heard so differently.

that there could have been
one more hour to spend
in the NICU, listening
to the flutter of heartbeat,
breathing together
before letting the baby
go. One more minute.
One more instant. Five
days was eternally too short.

Prompt for: April 22, 2016

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