Patrick Czyz - Wish Beyond All Limits

Long ago, a wish granter was walking around.
He came across four doors and knocked.
Four different faces greeted him.
He granted them four very different wishes.

What is your deepest desire?
-To be rich and wealthy
Beyond all limits.

What is your deepest desire?
-To be strong and powerful
Beyond all limits.

What is your deepest desire?
-To be world renowned and famous
Beyond all limits.

What is your deepest desire?
-To love and be loved
Beyond all limits.

The wish granter smiled.

One was so rich that he
Bought the whole world
And didn't know what else to buy.

One was so strong that his
Heart hardened and he lost
Tenderness and friendship.

One was so famous that he
He avoided one crowd only
To be followed by another.

The other one's heart
Was so full of love
That even the worst of days
Weren't so bad at all.

Again, the wish granter smiled.

Patrick Czyz

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