My Old Lady's Prayer

Bless my living ancestors,
and those who've returned to dust.

May their children share in their knowledge
and for their struggles, happiness be known
May they be loved, pray they don't get lost
May they be strong with firmness, yet soft with kindness
May they understand the "truth", and share it
May they be understood, without guilt
May they be the best they can and surpass better.

Should they ever fall, let them smile and call
on their minds for solutions
But in their hearts keep the resolution
to be that which they were meant to
and that, they've willed to.

Still should they suffer
let it be said, they were blessed.

May they know sweet success.