If I Was Granted One Wish

By Arriel T. Tatamagouche

If I was granted one wish, I wouldn't know what to do. There are so many things out there.

Guilt would play a big part in my decision. If I chose something for myself would I just be known as another selfish teenager?  If I chose something for everyone, for our world would I be known as another caring and giving young adult?  What am I suppose to do?

One wish that was all I got on my birthday. I'd blow out my candles, waiting excitedly for my doll, my pony, my car. They'd never come. Is this wish for real? Why'd go to all the fuss if nothing never arrived? That package never arrived on my birthday. Were those wishes just the same as this one?

If I wished for all the money in the world, would I be happy while everyone else starved in the streets. If I wished to live forever, would I ever get to see the afterlife?  If I wished to be famous, would everyone think that I just wanted to be known? If I wished for all the fighting to stop, where would people put all their anger? If I wished for everyone and everything to be happy would we get board? Would we miss being angry?

If I was granted one wish, what couldn't I wish for? What wouldn't I wish for…war, dinosaurs, and wizards?Would I be able to wish for something as silly as a troll? Would I be able to wish for something as powerful as war…even if I didn't want to?

Would I listen to what everyone else wanted? Would I spin around, open my eyes, and waste my wish on someone else's? Would I let someone make my decision when it could change my life forever?

I wish… I knew what to do, if I was granted only one wish.