THE LAST WISH

It started on a Wednesday, while the bright sun shined outside

Lilly climbed the stairs in two, to gather things in time

A new job she had got, a hope for her in despair

But there she fell sharp, tumbling down the stairs

The doctors were attentive at once and took her into observation

A needle pierced into the glowing white of her skin then

For days, she could not feel like perfectly fine

Her skin turning pale and tiredness all time

And then it came, the venom inside spreading fast

Into the blood — leukaemia eating her up and then

Few days of sunshine more, that she had

She couldn’t waste but fulfil her only wish

That she could now with the time left

Her dream to be a writer of a book

That would touch the hearts of some

If not millions, who maybe led a similar

Life like hers; giving, sharing and her smile

That could make other smile too in hopeless times

And so she began to write the story

Few words, less time, but more to

The protagonist who was the liveliest

Creature that lived, her life like an

Open book with white pages upon which

Were written twists of destiny but each time

She embraced with a little more heart

Whatever came, like the sun or the rain

Then day flew by and pages filled

A joy that touches the heart she felt

And even though in days of immense pain, she

Didn’t give up any hope, more smiles

She put into her words and you could

Literally feel a new life sprouting out of it

And then when it was finally ready, a tree

Fully grown from the tiny seed watered with emotions,

She knew she would live, in minds of those who

Read her words, sentences like connecting dots

To where destiny leads, and then her dream

Was in front of her lives, fully formed

Ready to begin its own journey while

She closed her eyes and meet the

Maker of all the wonderful life forms

She had created in her dream