A boy

walked down the street

which was quiet and most people

smiled at him and he smiled back

while he picked the flowers

growing around the huge trees.

A lot of red ones

but much more blue

because they looked like the sky

and his eyes and the ocean.

He put them in his hand

and when he gave them to his mother

they were dried out but she smiled

and she crouched so he could see the sky

in her eyes.

A boy

blew out the seven candles

on his birthday cake

and he didn't wish for anything

but a puppy and a barbie doll

and he knew those were for girls

but he couldn't care less

and he told his wish to all of his friends

because he had forgotten

that his wish wouldn't come true when he told.

They didn't laugh and they didn't cry

so he thought it was alright

and he ate his cake with a little fork

and just like he thought

his wish never came true.

A boy

watched a film which was for children

above twelve years old

and all of his friends were scared

because none of them were twelve

and they covered their eyes

but he didn't because he still believed

in happy endings and guardian angels

and he tried to soothe them

with this knowledge and they laughed

and he was happy

because they weren't scared anymore.

He got angry when they started

to throw pillows at each other

and mostly at him.

A boy

fell in love with life slowly

and it wasn't his fault

that tears came to his eyes whenever he saw

a rainbow or when the sun shone

on his face warming him all over

because he knew it wasn't everlasting

and he also knew how his love for life

would never end.

He blew out sixteen candles and wished

that his feeling would never end

and he never told anyone about it

only the little ducks in the pond

and he thought it was alright

and that his wish would come true.

He went out on the street

and told everyone how he always

got out of bed with such a good feeling

and how he didn't want to sleep at night

because he didn't want to miss a thing

and everyone was silent and just smiled at him

and he thought everything was alright

and he believed their smiles

and he didn't see how they were

so jealous at him.

A boy

loved the world so much

and hoped it would never let him down

but it did that one day

when he went outside and walked

down the street and told everyone

that he was in love.

That day the world turned his back on him

the people made him close his eyes

and that hurt him more than the many

punches and kicks and he cried

not out of pain but because he had been wrong

and his love wasn't everlasting

and it wasn't all alright

it was actually very wrong.

He wished he could blow more candles

and then he wouldn't tell anyone

but he screamed his wish out loud

and they all laughed and he cried

and he knew it had never been alright.

And then he didn't see anything

except for the truth and the sky

in his own eyes and he knew

that his wishes would never come true...