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You Can'T Put Thanks In Your Pocket

You Can’t Put Thanks in Your Pocket

Call yourself a friend?
Call yourself a pal?
It’s not what I call you
Ungrateful, selfish
Good adjectives for you
They’re free by the way
We know how much money
Means to you
Can’t put ‘thank you’ 
In your pocket, that’s 
What you live by
Yet, I never got a 
Thank you did I?
I was the butt of 
The joke, wasn’t I
You assumed I won’t mind
You can roll over me
I tell you now
Earn as much as you can
But you’ll never buy 
Dignity or honour
You’ll never have
Enough to give you
That.
You can put honour
And decency in your
Soul, even with empty
Pockets. Think on!

David Cox 27/02/23

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Paula Goldsmith

Date: 3/1/2023 6:52:00 AM

A powerful/true write. Guess this is part of life. Last Fall I was badly hurt my a great friend. (Friends No More.) I wrote a number of writes from what happened. It does give a writer some new material to write about. I am with Constance (below). "I would rather have no friends than bad ones." Have a bless day....................

Dave Cox
Date: 3/1/2023 6:55:00 AM

Thanks for reading. Dave

Constance La France

Date: 2/28/2023 10:40:00 AM

Dave, wonderful writing! I have had friends like that, I got rid of them and I would rather have no friends than bad ones. Blessings, Constance