Dear God, give me energy
To form a fine strategy.
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Give me will-power
To make peace flower.
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Give me mirth
To bless this earth.
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Give me love
To help somehow.
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Give me peace
So, all, I can please.
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Give me no confusion
To find a solution.
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Give me not disease
Prayers, I will increase.
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Give me a kind mood
To prove I am shrewd.
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Give me friendship
To face hardship.
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Give me knowledge
To build a bridge.
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Give me thinking
For useful inking.
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Give me mercy
Not any jealousy.
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Give me not punishment
But only great enjoyment.
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Give me poetry
To make my mind free.
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Give me a wise head
To reject this hatred.
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Give me holy bread
And a shrewd head.
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Give me a very good spouse
To make home out of the house.
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Give me noble children,
Be it a daughter or son.
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Give me money
For life to be sunny.
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Give me adequate time
Before the killing crime.
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Take me after my death
When I leave this earth.
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Let my birth be useful
With myself being helpful.
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Put me kindly in Heaven,
With no birth under the Sun!
M V Venkataraman