Happy-go-lucky is what I’d like to be <br />From sorrow and pain, I’d like to be free <br />Day in and day out, I’d laugh and smile… <br />Humorous anecdotes I would happily dial <br /> <br />After awhile I would be tickled into a stupor <br />Nothing could be more appealing or super <br />If everything could be entertaining and comical <br />The satisfying rewards could be astronomical <br /> <br />There couldn’t be a possible downside to this wish <br />After all, what more would be left to accomplish? <br />No desire would exit to see past the windowpane… <br />To see a beautiful sunset or pouring down of rain <br /> <br />Perhaps my vision was not as keen as first thought <br />Tears of laughter can blur the quest that was sought <br />A life that is memorable is one with many contrasts <br />Sometime we need sadness, to appreciate what lasts<br /><br />Theresa Ann Moore<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-wish-10/