May the years unfold gently, <br /> while richly filled <br /> with happiness, prosperity, and peace. <br />May you ever strive forward, with love <br /> and friendship at your side. <br /> <br />Never forsaking the noble ideals, <br /> the goals our Lord gave in Grace, <br /> to ease the suffering; <br /> of mortal man. For the dream <br /> is the tie to life. <br /> <br />Never loose sight of the Lord’s Love. <br /> Always walk in his ways. <br />Returning to the path if erring footfall <br /> by chance causes thee to stray. <br />For man’s ways hold many thorns <br /> that pierce unguarded flesh. <br />No comfort is found there no security. <br /> <br />Only great pain... torment... distress... <br /> before the grave. Man’s works <br /> crumble perish with coming age. <br />We seek through life’s journey <br /> slowly understanding - is distilled <br /> through the words and grace of God. <br /> <br />For life’s toils end <br /> in this world of shadows - <br />upon the breath of a warm wind <br /> to carry us home above the plains.<br /><br />Terence George Craddock (Spectral Images and Images Of Light)<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-family-blessing/
