A Fire of Greed

A fire when burns, 
Anything that touched fire,
Starts to burn
And loose his existence.

A fire of appetite, 
Burns continue inside a body,
Keeps the blood warm
And provide life.

A fire of greed,
When burns; produces inequality,
Looses a balance of living,
And create problem to kill someone.
 
We can control the outer fire,
Also we can provide food,
We can satiate a burning body,
But a fire of greed, how can we control?

Nor even education,
Nor even religion,
Nor even Law, all are helpless,
To change someone’s nature.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2005

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