I wish

I wish that I could work four days and get paid
for five.
I wish I knew where in ..Africa.. my roots began?
I wish the government understood that poor people in ….America…. are dying every hour of
every day.
I wish I knew what I know now…then.
I wish that every mother that has ever lost a child to violence could turn back
the hands of time.
I wish that every dead beat dad knew how to stand tall and be a man.
I wish that the prisons were not un-proportionately full of men of color.
I wish I went to law school.
I wish that I could have one last conversation with my grandmother.
I wish I could sing. I mean that singing that makes you weep.
I wish I had more patience.
I wish I could forget…forget!
Damn I wish I could remember.
I wish I didn’t have to worry about another snowy ..New England..
winter.
I wish love and light transcended hate and darkness.
I wish…..