Enzo's song

Enzo's  song

fiction
edward w pritchard

third birthday prophecies for my grandson


First don't go through life on a song, instead think a grand purpose for your long life
then
undertake the risky voyage through life cheerfully

walking forward armed only with dead reckoning pursue the paths of your life joyfully, and on the voyage into your future may you underestimate the journey by 3/4 and carry only 1/3 the needed provisions

and if
being constantly in great adversity may you know gentle winds and sunny days

whatever else
may your life be a story without end

to begin now
armed only with your thoughts may you contemplate African animals and nature of which you are an intimate part

and
going about your youthful business go the gymnasium and bounce, bounce, bounce across endless trampolines, jump, jump jumping svelte and agile as you weave across unknown landscapes

and if at times you are a slave to circumstances then may you be also be a slave to your hopes,

as you protect your Mother and sister, honor your Father and respect your four Grandparents

all the while
using the brains you have inherited to mathematically plot your one way journey across the universe
while you remain undaunted in your faith that your life is unfolding as it should

later
studying the light of the changing Moon may your heart someday find your boon companion
and creating children may your beloved kids reach for the stars and may your grandchildren often reach for your hand in your old age

and when you reach the end of your life and unknown territory may God grant you intuition, fortitude and luck

and when after your death in the unknown place beyond may the landscape be  familiar known territory

and years later may you be remembered with respectful reverence