Wishes
Two thousand, one hundred, ninety-two:
the number of 11:11 wishes I wasted.
I used to wait for it,
anxiously,
just so that I could wish for your happiness.
I didn't want to be selfish, and wish for you to love me
(I wanted you to love me because I made you happy)
so I'd wish you'd be happy,
and spend the time I wasn't wishing for your happiness on trying to make you happy.
I tried so hard to fulfill your wishes in order to fulfill mine.
But you were never happy, and I was always sad.
Eventually
I stopped watching the clock.
Tonight, though,
I saw it.
11:11 in red digital font.
I didn't know what to wish for.
This time
I wished for me.