I Wish, I Wish

A Poem

I Wish, I Wish

Like a moth gone fluttering away to flames,
Like a stranger playing stranger games,
Like a creeping vine that creeps along
The cracking, weathered, garden wall,
Hellish nymphs play cool their call,
And saunter ghouls with their vexatious songs.

Like pearling orbs of pleasure’s entreat,
Like toadstool caps which look so sweet,
Like aroma guiding lower appetites quick
To the fairy circles past the grievous pits,
Where the zombies scuffle and the corpses sit,
That might I cast a haunting wish.

Like a fevered ghost that kicks his chains,
I wish I never wished again,
Like a thrall enslaved to a master’s call,
I wish I never wished at all. 

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