Friday, August 9, 2024

wishful thinking

When you wish upon a date

If there are candles on a cake 

What you wish must not be spoken 

Or else it won't come true 


So the superstition says

As if keeping silent matters 

As if asking  can alter outcomes 

As if anyone's prayers can cure cancer 


The power of positive thinking 

Does influence what happens

If only like the placebo effect 

Improving how you feel and act


If I get only one wish each year 

That is a good possibility 

There's no sense in expressing 

The proverbial wish for world peace 


I hate the capitalist system 

And hope to see it replaced 

With socialism based on science 

Though I probably won't live that long 


My ask is purely personal

To wish for another year here 

In good health with you doing well 

Along with our friends and family