I have some wishes I would like you to grant me:

Not an eternal life,
but a long and not too burdened one.
Full of learning and experience.

Not eternal youth
or beauty, but health and strength
to achieve my goals.

More time.
Just time. To live, to learn.
Grant me time.
The rest is up to me.

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Following the Poetry Prompt,
first line is taken from
the last sentence in
Singularity Sky
by Charles Stross