three wishes

A fairy allows me three wishes,

     Three wishes for a friend;

Now, honest et true, that must be tu,

     So 3 to you I send.

     I wish you a body so healthy

     That living is pure delight;

Your work every day like happy play;

     Your sleep like a child’s at night.

     I wish you a mind so responsive

           That nothing escapes your ken;

The CREATOR’S plan, nor the   notes of Pan,

     Nor the good in your fellow men.

I wish you a heart prone to loving,

     That all my be dear to you’;

Your friends indeed, all those you need,

     Et those who need you, too.

I’ve wished you my 3 best wishes,

     But the three are really one;

GOD grant you wealth-just perfect health,

     Until your day is done

if i had known...

If I had known what trouble you were bearing

… What griefs were in the silence of your

Face…I would have been more gentle et

More caring…Et tried to give you gladness

For a space…I would have brought more

Warmth into the place…If I had known.

If I had known what thoughts despairing drew

You…Why do we never understand…I

Would have lent a little friendhip to you…

Et slipped my hand within your lonely

Hand…Et made your stay more pleasant

In the land…If I had known.