Poverty

The poor are lazy, languid, and loafing – the rich rut, Is this why many people of my nation have no hut? Isn't the concept: every rich is industrious, a myth? Isn't there a great gulf betwixt a blacksmith and a goldsmith...? I know my rickshaw-puller neighbor, born in penury, His ancestors were poor too for many a century; Can I judge his hardships his sin or the sin of his dad? Or the transgression of a system that has gone so bad...? I have seen the rich climbing the ladder of life briskly, The branches of trees of mammon, they catch hold so quickly; Hard work and calculative effort, no doubt, are in them, Don't cells of dishonesty occupy their root and stem...? By tilling the earth and breaking rocks pennies the poor earn, In torn rags they shiver in cold; in summer sun they burn; Is begging a fashion that the poor bejewel them with? Doesn't shame cut them to pieces, within, like grass in a scythe? Poverty is a curse and not a blessing, the world knows, Hunger, thirst, homelessness, and illnesses paucity sows; Undernourished children, like cattle, are pushed to labor, The poor are, often, abhorred and loathed by each rich neighbor...! Isn't fighting poverty a duty of every person? Doesn't, by the vile of inequality, crises worsen? God has made the mammon for all - this fact each one should know, The concept of living and letting live, each should follow...!!! 28 March 2023 Writing Challenge - 'P' Words - Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Constance La France Rhymes Checked At: Rhyme Zone Syllables Checked At: How Many Syllables