The Lie in the Bottle

Catalina Urrutia-Lozano '28

An ancient genie in a bottle

is the illusion you search for your whole life

to grant you three wishes of whatever you please

What would you wish for?

I spent years searching for the bottle 

in the scorching silent desert,

in the end I realized

a genie was never what I really needed.

Wishes won’t grant you a happier life

they whisper lies, like snakes in sand

of something more

but don't fall for it

Money can buy you happiness 

but only for a bit

like sand slipping through your fingers

So you keep searching for a genie that won't help you 

instead of helping yourself.