Million Dollar Why Not a Billion Dollar
A million dollar does not go far
Now a billion dollar will be able to share
A poem that points to reality
With simple words that give
A point of view that does not sin
Without complications of understanding
A meaning of each star above
Point to the sky where all the planets are
A simple view to reach
Normal people can understand
A movement of modern ideas to bare
Kept only to millions now given to billions
A mass of proportion that eye can see
Baring the length of words that can cross
A land, the sky, and the barren sea
Words are hard to say but money does
A simple method that all have done
Giving to others when cannot
An obligation to our nations with trust
Knowing that this poem can reach feelings
A sharing method that we all have
Bound by our gifts with a dollar bill
A country can teach methods and skills
Most people in the world has hard times
A grieving heart is hard to heal
But just one out of billions is a shield
A hope of kindness a movement of ideals
Comes a moment, a test of wills
A certain people with humanity stand
Wall that is invisible protects the land
Almost done with all my words
What is a million compared to a billion
A document of silly distortion
Just say a billion it's reasonable
A modern symbol that we have changed
Billions of stars full of land and water
A chance in our future to expand
Why fight for more when more is out there
A simple thought, yet cannot understand
Our minds are set and we have met
A life of looking far beyond
Beyond the millions and billions of stars
And we have people here that are
Our hope and guide to make peace
A word from our star could be good
With words that could pause time
A moment that all people may see
That each and everyone’s worth
A million, no a billion dollars or stars
So this poem is just to say, hi! World
A word or two is all I can do
Because I hope I reached all of you
A message with love that is true
Reynaldo L. Mast
Copyright © Reynaldo Mast | Year Posted 2015
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