best wishes - André Deschamps

I wish I could wish
The wish you asked me to wish
When you asked me
“What do you wish?”
After three days without
Catching one single fish.

And your asking keeps me
Haunting, keeps me
Asking, keeps me
Anguishing, keeps me
Wishing that I wished.

On this cold winter night
When I wish to light
The ashes in this fireplace
In this fireplace the ashes
Won’t light unless
I wish what you wish
I would wish.