Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Fortune

Prosperity can be a pilfering pirate

Recklessly raging the seven seas,

Never quite quenching the cavernous craving

That mangles the mindset

         Like bent twisted trees.

 

“More,” cries the cringing crowd.

“Forever more.”

Never enough when there’s more to be mined.

But wealth is rewarded with misery’s mystery

Fraught with the folly that all might unwind.

 

Minions who manage on paltry possessions

Seek solace in prospect mere money can’t bring.

The freedom of fellowship,

Kindness and kinship

Silently soar on unwavering wings.

 

And we who are left to review the reward

May only observe absolute acclamation.

The fortune of love we find for each other is

The greatest of gifts since the dawn of creation.

 


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