Wishing Well

If its you, I'll be an angel.

I remember that I saw a child

Clinging to his tired brother

With eyes glittering like the brightest of stars

As he pointed out a little pond.

He was paid no attention

As he dipped in his little fingers

And soon his little toes

With his smile radiating in his reflection.

Too much curiosity brought him right in

And before I knew it I was right beside him

With his sibling stunned nearby

As the little boy I kept from drowning laughed at his misfortune.

"Its a wishing well,"

He did say as he let me carry him from the water,

"A place where hopes are always granted,

Where I met my angel."

That was his wish you see,

The little boy with incurable cancer

Who wanted to meet his angel before he died

So he could show his brother he would be in good hands.

So by the two I was welcomed

And allowed into his hospital by the nickname Tenshi

To visit him each and every day

Until I took him to heaven.

He believed every word I spoke of the place

That even I am afraid to go

And when he died

I was there, holding his hand, as he said I would be.

His wishing well

I wish the best

Because the magic

Isn't gone, just yet.

Reviews

[Tai Ryens]

The fact Tenshi is Japanese for angel really directed me towards the right path. It took me four days of constant rereading, but I've finally surmounted my baffled curiosity and formulated a meaning.
Could this mean that, by chance, the little boy met a companion at the wishing well because he'd fallen in and he was saved by the stranger? To which the stranger heard out the little boy's wish and feels a certain need to fulfill his wish, and serve the boy's brother in an attempt to cushion the blow of death..
I must say, this particular poem nearly drove me to insanity trying to figure out a meaning, and when I did: it made me shiver. Favorited.

[Riley Bray]

Wow Tai, thanks a whole bunch! I'm glad it made you think so much, especially since I entirely freehanded this! I'm glad I could have someone like you around to help me out. xP I hope to see more of your poems soon, I love them so much! And thanks again Tai~!

[Tai Ryens]

I do try to write, although writers block has prohibited me from doing so. And it truly is my pleasure, I was generally enticed and couldn't stop until I figured it out.

[Savior of Time]

I really liked how you played the story out. The last stanza was my absolute favorite. Let's hope that his magic isn't gone..

-Willa

[Riley Bray]

One can always wish! Thanks for the review Willa :)

[Shivam Murari]

You made me uncomfortable! This was an outburst of emotion in such effective manner that it let the emotional river pass through my chest, and that happens very rarely! Excellent.

Some noticeable error, that I may point out: -

"No attention was he paid"
Grammatical error. You know it better!

[Riley Bray]

Oh, oops! Sorry, sorry, I didn't check this one over. Thanks for finding that!!!! And I'm glad you liked it. x) Thanks for the review Shivam!