Be careful what you wish for
Be careful what you wish for
We heard all our lives
But why…
Why those wishes don’t realize the way we want them to?
Why the beautiful punchlines are missed…
Why are we elated?
To then find those unfortunate twists…?
What would it cost the universe
To do it right once
To custom design it the way we wanted
To say here you go
Your wish is fully granted !
What would it cost…
Perhaps the loss of scared people
Desperately sticking to faith…
Trying hard,
But bitter and full of hate
Praying and making wishes
And getting shocked every time
…because wishing for that perfect outcome
Was really their crime!
I wanted to present this case
Wanted to ask why
Why this shred of happiness which actually ends up in a desperate cry….
So I did
And someone within me spoke up
Saying look at each of your wishes
And look what you have got
Your wishes were granted almost word to word!
So why do you feel that you were not heard…?
Idea is to enlighten you!
Not through pain, but through unusual event or two
Idea is not only to reach immediate, fun outcome
Idea is to make you wiser, a much better person
Idea is for you to find eventual happiness
Instead of pushing you into complete madness
….you may not realize, but we actually cleared the way
Just so you can experience this amazing day!
You are infatuated with small scenes
Not knowing the eventual dangers
You don’t know the dark allies
Or the lurking strangers
We do!
We do
And so we always craft the outcome
That is only best for you
NATASHA KAZIM
3rd June, 2015
A beautiful poem by Natasha. What a thoughtful reflection that we are elated as our wishes are granted, but the unfortunate twist is when the outcome we expect is not the outcome that we get from the fulfilled wish. Thus the warning we often hear that “be careful what you wish for.” It is full of wisdom conveying the “Idea is not only to reach immediate, fun outcome; Idea is to make you wiser, a much better person . . . ” But in the end she has left it for us to think, “Can we learn wisdom or it is bestowed to us naturally?”
Mirza Ashraf