They poured wishes into the well
Dropping copper dreams into clear water
Waiting for a feeling
A change
Something
Like all good things
Time was required
They turned away from the well
Left their wishes behind them
In the forest and woods
They romped and played
Frolicked and fell
Tumbled and turned
They sang to the birds
Told stories to the frogs
Headed home when the sun began to set
For months they returned to the well
Looking down to see if anything grew there
Deep in the water where dreams come true
And they grew
Years passed and they rarely visited the well any longer
Maybe they forgot even what they had dreamt
What they had wished
So much time passed that when the dreams showed up quietly
They went unremarked
So it is with wishes sometimes
Coming true when the wisher is no longer looking
The dream returning while the dishes are being washed
And the dog is being taken for a walk
In the autumn leaves they walked again
To the wishing well
He observed that her wish had come true
She noticed his dream had finally been realized
And they laughed together at the distance travelled
The difficulties managed
For a moment they thought they heard
The laughter echo from their own voices across time
Songs and stories given as gifts to the birds and the frogs
Coming back again to their hearts
As they walked home
In the twilight of fall
