The Wishing Well

An inspirational and uplifting poem from Simon J. Halliday every day!

If, in your world, numbers rule 

You'll never want to look the fool 

You might just be afraid to lose 

Because, you know, the world is cruel 

Whether it's striving for top grade 

Or making money in light or shade 

You'll never quite reach the highest bough 

Because the games are daily played 

So peering deeper into prose 

And searching meaning, finding flows 

You might begin to sense much more 

Beyond the columns and the rows 

The rose and hedge, the bird and bee 

The wild geese fly, the fish swim free 

And there you sit with screen and pen 

Now choosing either wine or tea 

Expand your vision beyond these walls 

Reach out before your life now falls 

The images, sounds of cellular pain 

Are screaming, echoing round your halls 

And where's the well of wishes true ? 

Why is it hiding from your view? 

The things which matter most of all 

Seem distant, always mocking you 

Yet now's the time to rise and say 

I'm not allowing those things to stray 

My field of vision is growing strong 

My love, my dreams can't slip away 

I'm holding on, I'm getting mad 

The well of wishes such beauty had 

And never can my mind forget 

There's never a reason for staying sad 

So, simple though these words may be 

Please take some of the mystery 

You'll make your life by what you do 

So make your wish, it will come true

(c) Simon J. Halliday 2013

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