Ancestral Wish

A glimpse of the universe he sees in the newborn baby's eyes; That this boy will be a worthy man, Grandfather sighs a prayer to the skies: "May he be wise and learn from occasional stupidity, and cheerfully takes on burdens of cheerless duty; Let him, in hours of cowardice, be bold and prevail, yet kind to those who struggle and miserably fail; May he be honed by the grit and grind of trials and defeat, yet stay humble in triumph, rejecting urges of conceit. Let him look beyond the self, anonymous in charity, a dreamer who works so dreams become reality." The sound of the future he hears as the baby cooes and cries; believing this boy will be a worthy man, Grandfather sighs, then so gratefully dies.