When Need Becomes Greed
There are many different needs for each chapter of our lives.
From youth to when we are joined as husbands and wives.
These needs will change with each advancement and loss.
Whatever they become they will always come with a cost.
Some will remain humble always appreciating what they have.
They are filled with greed, for which there is no healing salve.
For the unsatisfied, wealth and power will always be sought.
They falsely think happiness is a privilege that can be bought
Covetousness, pride, and vanity can quite easily take hold.
Traits of selfishness and greed cannot easily be controlled
until their family and friends are forgotten; lost in the mix.
Once that line is crossed, it becomes an affliction that sticks.
Self-reflection and wisdom some of them will find with age.
Be careful of what you wish for with the turning of each page.
Lessons will be taught with the planting of each fertile seed.
You’ll reap what you sow when your need turns into greed.
Copyright © Mark Koplin | Year Posted 2020
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