Luminosity Designs
Benevolence, Come
(a Blessing and Prayer
for Holly Briesmaster, who listened to the words and heard their meaning.)
May the Benevolent power of the Invisible
Shine on those isolated, alone, needful, out on a limb.
May Benevolence be the tune that pays the piper,
The fiddler, and singer to gigue onto the path of hope.
May strength, diminished, never feel like it’s forever.
May clarity be all encompassing and yours just for the asking.
May we look at strangers as we would a bosom buddy
And not fear their strangeness.
May Respect not be mistaken for indifference.
May my body serve my needs, your wants and our mutual importance.
May the sprite called Inspiration grace my door,
Lead me to bed, allow peaceful slumber,
Then waken me to serve a greater good.
May my voice, raised in justice, be heard as the melodiousness of angels
and recognized as Inspiration’s sister, Beauty.
May my gifts be yours to see, hold, enjoy and then returned to me.
May I never become fulfilled, complacent, nor you either,
For to lack nothing, is to lack ambition for the future.
Always strive forward.
May Death not frighten those who fear the unknowable.
There are worse things than Death- like, shame, regret, emptiness and longing.
Come forth, Tomorrow. Introduce yourself.
You are born in this moment and reveal your nature for the future.
Come forth, Wellness. Our society is ensconced in disease.
It is an industry.
Come forth, Hope. Introduce yourself to gamers and pessimists.
Give them courage to reach out beyond their expectations.
Come forth, Courage. Yours is the blood-line for a world disconnected.
Come forth, Joy. You appear small, waiting to visit only when summoned.
You are needed constantly. In bliss we know our true identity.
Come forth, Grace. Your mien is the umbrella we all run to for shade and protection.
We all long to bear Grace’s blessings.
May the sun shine in the hearts of those drenched to the bone in the rain.
May the sun shine on those freezing without heat, clothing or knowledge.
May the sun shine on the child given no goal, yet overcomes adversity
To find a cure for what ails us.
May the sun shine.
May the winds blow as breath revitalizes an idea lying too long dormant.
May the waters be cleansed by care and in turn cleanse the ignorant,
Wash the unhappy, soak the bittersweet and shower the forlorn.
May the earth be known for being our Mother.
May she be kissed and honored and never forgotten.
May Her abundance be used as a poem for our hearts, eyes and significance.
May we stop selling Her and then lying that we do not.
May you be blessed with my words born of a wish for greatness.
May the Beneficence of Being never be forgotten, misused, unappreciated nor debased.
May what I wish for you be returned to me ten-fold,
thus growing in altruism, happiness, self-awareness, purity and enlightenment.
May we look at problems as though the solutions wait expectantly over the horizon.
©2007 Honey Novick