Three Wishes

 Three Wishes

There’s no genie in the bottle,

No it doesn’t work that way

I don’t expect that rubbing some old lamp 

Will change our fortunes today

There’s no bigger illusion than to trust in worthless things

It’s only misery that that road brings

But if I had a moment, of magic on my hands, If I could end the tragic, or help you see God’s plan.

I’d wish all y’all never know the full sting of sin and death

Wounds cut so deep and cut so strong they can take away your breath

I’d pray you knew love like none you’ve seen around 

And you’d feel the touch, the touch of grace unbound

There’s no tiny leprechaun granting gold at the end of some rainbow. 

And that Midas touch landed less riches than sorrow

Yet we chase all the same after treasures we may never know

down that not so golden brick road

But if I had a moment, of magic on my hands, if I could help you see beyond the troubles, beyond the daily demands

I’d wish all y’all would find the rest, the refresh of the weary

The breath of God, blowing through your troubles

With a warm and gentle fury

I’d pray you’d know love like none you’ve seen around

And you’d feel the love, an abiding love profound

You know there isn’t any magic up in that falling star

maybe its a picture of just how we landed where we are.  

A bright streak across a darkened sky

Like a small imitation of a brighter enduring light

Our wreckage catching fire on it’s long way down

So if I had a moment, of magic on my hands, if I could reach across the space and time that this life’s left between us

I’d wish truth and grace and peace and love were the rule not the exception

That you would find yourselves at their intersection

That no matter where you turn you’d see the face of hope and mercy

And you’d feel the love, the only perfect love around

When it comes to wishes, legend has it you only get a few.  What would it mean, how would it do, if these simple things were what I wished for you.