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Written at “Poetry Saved Our Lives” with the ‘I wish’ prompt / Video ver.

I pray that the skies will be the only thing blue about your days

I pray that whether or not the weather weathers you down you will have the choice to cover up or take off

I pray that every smile you receive will be sincere

I pray that hand shakes shower your social life with a chance of good fortune

I pray that money flows like streams of tap water, pouring when you need it

I pray that your ice cream will be cold, and your showers hot

I pray that the warmth of your radiators breathes blank canvases on your windows

I pray that you will graffiti them when frost fans the fringes of your panes

I pray your buses arrive

I pray that the roads are littered with crushed cans instead of car crashes

I pray your buses arrive

I pray that the streetlights will be our midnight aesthetic

Instead of lighthouses

I don’t pray that when you walk home you feel safe every hour

I pray you are safe

I pray when it storms you leave the shelter and let the cool rain soak you through

I pray when it passes the sun gazes at its face in the puddles and warms yours too 

I pray when it overwhelms you’ll find the end within the tangle and unravel the thread 

I pray when it spirals you will follow a True North where the coil begins to widen 

I pray when you grow weary the only spaces you will need to fill are between another’s fingers

I pray when the ground crumbles beneath your feet you will be brave enough to catch yourself 

I pray that you will always treat Time like it is enough

I pray that you will always learn and you will always love