Natalie B Patton

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Feb
2011

i made a birthday wish.

on my 23rd year.

something to mark the day.

something to mark the year.

a desire for the future.

that could not be wished without my past.

i suck in the air, willing it to fill my lungs as it has done

so rhythmically and without failing for my entire life.

i held it one brief moment as i whispered my wish

to the hands of fate.

and…

now the world holds the wish.