When I had no money…..
The yummy cakes and rich nuts lured, with peanuts I had to suffice
Now I have the means but, out there no delicious food to entice
Gawking at classy outfits they cannot be yours, myself I would tell
With a stack of notes in hand I realized there are no stores to sell
Curbed I the wanderer’s lust to meander here and there
Now when I can afford I have no way to reach anywhere
When I was growing up…..
I was told money cannot fetch everything by the wizened and the wise
When many things eluded me, their advise I began to despise
Unwittingly got into the race to get rich and richer, a race now brought to still
Wallowing in the confines of my home all against my will
Consuming reports of the enemy’s strike here, there and all around
Some mild, some lethal, but nevertheless in hearts fear does abound
Wealth cannot buy life or cheer, wealth cannot conquer pain or fear
Why did I run this futile race one asks amidst a fallen tear?
When the world is on her knees…..
Mother earth relaxes and rejuvenates, breathing easier
To let her errant insane offspring realize she is mightier
Did she in helpless self defense rise to spill this venom?
Or did some renegade progency contribute to this mayhem?
As nation after nation, race after race succumbs to this horror
And scurries around for a release from this grip of unseen terror
This is a query that mankind will in vain and anguish reiterate
Till decades later or a century after something else devastates !