I wish I could teleport my ass 3000 miles cross-country, shit hundred-dollar bills, capture sunlight in my hands and pocket it for darker days...

I wish there was a way to bring unity to all those broken hearts, peace of mind to all nicotine fiends, and a trough to the market for all those ornery pigs down aisle nine.

I wish time would stand still, speed up, slow down, reverse, rewind, pause, and stop, all at the press of a button.

I wish people could read my thoughts so there would be no need to lie or cry.

I wish our souls, if they even exist, would wake up, vomit themselves out of our bodies, smack us all upside our heads, and give us a second opinion, a second chance, a second thought.

I wish loneliness and fatigue didn't constantly bound after my shadow, and I wish that my shadow would grow some balls and do something different for a change.

I wish I could have had a really long, private, deep conversation with myself before birth, so I might have looked at it all in a different light, and I might have stepped lighter on the shards of glass beneath the clouds I danced on.

I wish I could have apologized first and screwed up later. I wish I hadn't cut off all ties with those I left behind, and I wish I could have realized the lies when they were weak and powerless against me.

I wish I had self control, I wish I could persevere, I wish I could step out from under this fear.

I wish I could wish these things, and not wish them undone.

I wish that I wished something else.