Last wishes

Does God grant wishes?
I heard a child ask.
Of Course.
Came the answer quickly.

No.
I thought to myself.
If God did.
I would be back in my office,
Making the decisions that keep me
On top.
Not in a hospital
Because my kid as the sniffles.

What if
It's a really,really big wish?
Asked the child.
There is no wish
To big for God
My child.

I snorted.

What is your wish child?
Asked the father.
I want God to make the world
Stop fighting.

I wait to hear the answer.
There is only silence.

I'm going to ask god
When the cancer
Takes me to heaven.

I let my head drop back against my seat
As tears ran silently down my face.
I had to know 
What would the father say.
What could he say to this child.
I turned my head 
Only to find my tears
Reflected too 
In the fathers eye.
But a smile 
On his face.

When the world 
Is so full of people
Making the same wish
The wish is not so big. 
Make your wish.
Said the father.

So I did.