“Do you mean to say,” asked Caspian, “that you three come from a round world (round like a ball) and you’ve never told me! It’s really too bad of you. Because we have fairy-tales in which there are round worlds and I always loved them. I never believed there were any real ones. But I’ve always wished there were and I’ve always longed to live in one. Oh, I’d give anything—I wonder why you can get into our world and we never get into yours? If only I had the chance!”
Seventy years and another book later,
The recently deceased and now restored Caspian
Repeats his wish for
Just one glimpse of their world.
Wish fulfilled.
Such a small wish to hold over decades.
Such a gentleness to have it fulfilled,
Even as it worked Aslan’s purpose,
“The Healing of Harms.”
The potential leaves me breathless,
That even a small wish can have a purpose,
That even a lion can grant a request.
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