May Life Bless You

May life bless you with real freedom, Keep enjoyment as your place, May you find your own confidence, From your education and your space; May you entertain discernment, Whilst fulfilling your desires, And may platitude be rescinded, By real love in your eyes. May you receive more than you give, And see reason when there's none, May your friends light your inside, May you give hope to those with one; May you save the exploited from oppression, By making despair to you most personal, And may equality be the standard, For your repudiation of its dismissal. May you always uphold justice, Even in dark and uncertain times, When faced with honest requests, And its unsettled times sometimes; May you do what’s right no problem, Not questioning the strain, Nor grumbling about the consequences, Of morality’s devoted love train. May your diamond be stalwart honour, For war heroes old and injured, Tormented by battlefields and sights, Of the mangled and beleaguered; May you testify to fact and truth, And publish what you know; And may reason be your sociology, To dictatorial governments overthrow. May you respect others in esteem, For kindness and achievement, May you follow those you understand, As beautiful in accomplishment; May you undertake endeavours, Which ramify the other unstudied, By embracing love and laughter, As whispers of grace embodied. May you always say what’s inside, Whilst giving other people a chance, Trusting them with your memories, That history upon which you cannot glance; May you always speak your mind, To make rationality your guide, And in dignity confide and correct, To let the delinquent within you abide. May your philosophies be trophied, As a garland by the lonely, And may your way be warmly accepted, Without negotiation or apology; May righteousness be your hallmark, And caring thought your attribution, And may you prevail generally as a good person, Bringing light where there’s intrusion.