All I Ask inspired by prompt from http://carryontuesdayprompt.blogspot.com/

I happened upon this prompt while visiting http://www.kimnelsonwrites.com/2011/07/11/isnt-it-ironic/

All I Ask 

Little I ask, my wants are few* –

To dip my toes in morning dew,

To watch the sun crest o’er the hills,

As day’s new light on morning spills.

To brew a pot of breakfast tea

And have a few friends sip with me.

To stand where shore and ocean meet

And feel its cool waves wash my feet.

That guardian angels use their charm

To keep my children safe from harm,

And as their independence grows

Wants not a need each child knows.

Let obligations never hide

Imagination’s playful side;

Let clouds of anger rarely stay,

And laughter help them roll away.

As age’s tax exacts its toll,

I ask for strength to take a stroll,

For sanity to help me think,

And of my dream, to take a drink.

Then as the sun on my life sets,

I ask to leave with no regrets.

*From Oliver Wendell Holmes poem “Contentment.”