A Wistful Villanelle

A Wistful Villanelle

I don’t remember what it was that wish
Standing below the stairs at Grand Central
Still I can see that star like yesterday

The sky is green in Grand Central Station
Green as the green room where life awaited
I don’t remember what it was that wish

Home from college on vacation that week
Come in to NYC to see a show
Still I can see that star like yesterday

Going to stand in line at the TKTS booth
Imagined it was I upon that stage
I don’t remember what it was that wish

Standing below the stairs at Grand Central
My eyes rose selecting that one star light
Still I can see that star like yesterday

I laid a young man’s wish upon that star
I have to think I doubt that it came true
I don’t remember what it was that wish
Still I can see that star like yesterday