OUR REALITY

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 WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR

Once upon a time, 

not so long ago, but

seems long ago,

when once a boy, 

I made a wish upon a star, 

and hoped that it would come true.

It didn’t.

I’m now all grown up,

old, withered, aged and,

still ageing, as some would say,

and just the other day, I

made another wish upon a star.

It didn’t come true.

You see I wished for peace on earth, and 

good will to all mankind. I even 

wished for health and happiness to find its way,

and stay, but , perhaps, needless to say,

I’m still waiting……..

The moral of my story, short but true,

when you wish upon a star nothing 

comes true, as wishing, and hoping 

is the stuff of children’s dreams. 

Our reality, 

no dream, 

not wishes upon stars,

so true.