The Last Wish

The Last Wish

There is a place beyond all sleep

Where people go their truths to keep

No roads lead there, no lantern glows

Yet somehow every spirit knows

A hall of candles tall and wide

With endless flickering gold inside

Each flame belonging to a life

Its joy, its wonder and its strife

At the far end sat someone still

Not king nor queen nor force nor will

Just watching softly as time passed

As though all moments never last

They asked no name and gave no test

Only one question like the rest

If nothing held you back at all

What would you choose before the fall

I thought of riches, thought of fame

Thought of success beside my name

Yet none felt honest standing there

None felt like something I would wear

So then I looked much deeper in

Past every loss and where I’d been

Past all the waiting and disguise

And finally answered with clear eyes

I wish to live before life goes

To stop postponing what I know

To trust the joy that visits me

And build the things I want to see

To speak more truth and fear less shame

To stop making small my own name

To walk through doors though unsure still

And trust the strength inside my will

The keeper smiled and stood nearby

No stars appeared across the sky

No magic changed the world around

No hidden treasure there was found

Only these words before I woke

Your life begins where fear is broke

Morning arrived in gentle light

The room looked ordinary bright

Yet something quiet had begun

Like opening curtains to the sun

Now when I hesitate too long

Or tell myself I do not belong

I think of candles burning through

And choose again what feels most true

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