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Blessing
May your children be filthy,
Dirt on their feet,
Brambles in hair
May they be tired
Bags under eyes
From reading late under blankets
May your house be messy
Filled with screams and roars
Of laughter and life
May your days be filled with light violence
Of wrestling and throwing and spars
May your meetings be too short,
So much said but unsaid
That more must wait
May your friendships linger long in silence
For all that doesn’t need to be said
Quiet companionship an answer to the most important questions
May you be bored atimes
Wandering lost in the wood
Agape at nature’s bounty
May you be lost in life
Unsure what comes next
Or what your narrative is
Seeking to be useful and kind
May your path thus be uncertain
Nothing preordained
Keeping everyone guessing
Even yourself
Until the last
May your life be filled with confusion
And love
(For that is love!)
And side quests that are the main quests
And extras who become protagonists
And the delight of connection to others
Betwixt others
Introducing
Building
Forming
Hoping
The willingness to be
(In spite of all weirdness)
That which you are:
Unembarrassed
Unadorned
Except by your own peculiar quirks
Which seemed a distraction,
Which seemed a distress,
But now are the main attraction!
Nobody else has got the scars that YOU bear
And Oh! Does that make you unique and delightful
Your moment is brief
Now go shine!
The universe will never be the same after.
