Blueberry Girl

"Ladies of Light and Ladies of Darkness

And Ladies of Never-You-Mind,

This is a prayer for a Blueberry Girl.

First, may you ladies be kind.

Keep her from spindles and sleeps at sixteen,

Let her stay waking and wise.

Nightmares at three, or husbands at thirty,

These will not trouble her eyes.

Dull days of forty,

False friends at fifteen-

Let her brave days and truth.

Let her go places that we've never been;

Trust and delight in her youth.

Ladies of Grace and Ladies of Favour

And Ladies of Merciful Night.

This is a prayer for a Blueberry Girl,

Grant her Clearness of sight.

Words can be worrisome, people complex;

Motives and manners unclear.

Grant her the wisdom to choose her path right,

Free from unkindness and fear.

Let her tell stories, and dance in the rain,

Somersaults, tumble and run;

Her joys must be high as her sorrows are deep,

Let her grow like a weed in the sun.

Ladies of Paradox and Ladies of Measure

And Ladies of Shadows that Fall.

This is a prayer for a Blueberry Girl,

Words written clear on the wall.

Help her to help herself, help her to stand,

Help her to loose, and to find.

Teach her we're only as big as our dreams.

Show her that fortune is blind.

Truth is a thing she must find for herself,

Precious, and rare as a pearl;

Giver her all these, and a little bit more,

Gifts for a Blueberry Girl."

  ~"Blueberry Girl"

      By. Neil Gaiman