Ethical ELA July 20 I Wish

Today's Ethical ELA prompt asks us to consider 

places we have stayed in but not lived in, trips we have taken, 

and people we once knew, but no longer know.

I could go in so many directions...

I wish we could have shared

That winery on the top of Mt Etna

Tidbits of cheese among volcanic ash or

Prayed in an aging church with

Pews infused with generations of hope, despair or

Held on tight so the wind did not

Blow us back to America before

We celebrated in the grotto of Castlemola

With waves interspersing our hopes and dreams.

But, at the fork in the road,

we lost our way so,

I went without you.