Out loud in a crowd

I wish I had whispered it

under my breath: 

                        a throw away line

If only I had written a letter

in an envelope, stamped yet

                        never  mailed  

If there were no witnesses

                                          He said,  she said

would anyone know? 

I wished for a lot of things, but 

what I said was Goodbye,  

                                               and a bird set free                                                                                             

          flies

^{I made a wish, I said it out loud,  Out loud in a crowd}

^{Everybody heard,  It was the talk of the town.}  

^{talk of the town -  The Pretenders}