Lazy
It's amazing how lazy people
make up excuses for themselves
it's never their fault
when the work doesn't get done
The power of girls
lies in the back door of gossip
they gang up in teams
gossiping destroying reputations
but play the innocent when caught
it wasn't me
the words of lies echo through
the halls of contempt
you can spend your life
trying to help people
yet unless they want
to help themselves
your time is wasted
on people that are lazy
and don't want to work
your time is precious
Life is so short
each time you stop to help another
is time you could have used
to help yourself
To stop and teach someone else
is time you could have used on yourself
you could have been a student
climbing higher on the tides of education
yet time is never wasted
being kind
helping others
makes a better world
but sometimes
no matter how you help
it's never enough
because they don't want
to help themselves
oh how many excuses
I'm not clever enough
yet if you don't read the book
You can't know the answer
knowledge is built up with study
if you don't read about anatomy
you can't know about anatomy
granted some people are gifted
they don't need to study
as much as others
to build the foundations of knowledge
you won't build a career
playing games on Facebook
you don't build respect
being too lazy to work
Copyright © Bernard Barclay | Year Posted 2020
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