One Wish and One Wish To Give

You had been given a gift. Your entire life, you refrained from saying two words in passing-fearing that it may come true. This gift is an heirloom. And these two words hold stories that extend far into the past, and if you will it so, far beyond you too. You held these words so tightly to yourself that it may have been real, that it could be granted, that it had meant that someone loved you enough to give what was most precious to them: "I wish..."