souhait

i wish i could be beautiful

and fill the world with beautiful things

so that the whole world would know just what beauty is

but i am merely a word-thief

someone who draws line sketches

so that the true essence is lost

i am hiding

but you do not know it

i barely did

until the bare flickering lightbulb

went on

with a soft click

and left me blinking blearily

after so long in the half-darkness

like a blind fish in an underground lake

c'est mon souhait

mais je sais que c'est

seulement

une rêve