What We Wish: Upon the Stars, #1

By Rose Barnhill

There's a little girl or a little boy within each of us.

We all have a desire, though it may be different from others, to stand up for our country.

In America, there is nothing quite like the family in our lives.

What We Wish is a short collection of poems and essay revolving around subjects such as these: fantasies of a magic world with fairies and mermaid, reality of the world we live in and the American within all of us, the love of our families around us and what they do, or should mean to us. Essays of deep thought, and sight of what is going on around us that nobody takes notice to. Enjoy this first volume in the Upon the Stars series!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rose Barnhill
• Release date: Apr 27, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393245087

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POEM LIST

Lost Girl

Broken Children

Journey Past Stars

Just A Dream

Ice Heart

Remember Me

Lost Heart

Change Within

Something...Something

Walk Into the Abyss

Wyoming Homestead

Don’t Tell Us We Can’t

A Mother’s Purpose

I Watch America (poetic essay)

Essays

Don’t Look; See

Living Through This Pandemic

My Life Philosophy

Acknowledgements

This definitely wouldn’t have been possible without the the help of my parents. There are few poems and essays that I have written that my mom hasn’t read herself. Her advice and enthusiasm really helped me find what I needed to finish this. My dad has encouraged me so much to continue writing poetry after my first poem Into the Dark was published last year. I can honestly say they’re the best parents ever!

Lost Girl

My heartbeat rests among fairytales of old

Of crystal oceans and pirate ships

Of fire and dragons

Of laughter and mermaids

Of magic and pixies

I don’t live by much else

Not really

These tales are my principle

I lead my life through all the lessons

Adventures, hard times, enjoyment and enchantment

Others tell me to stop chasing what is purely a dream

They say it’s just a fantasy

That I’ll end up a Lost Girl

And Peter Pan won’t find me

He’ll remain in his shadow

Just like everyone else around me

He’ll stand in the dark laughing at me like