Taunted by luxury, a life of ease.
I struggled to utter the words, “sir, please”?
I’d become distraught by my circumstance.
I saw no way alone; I could advance.
I knew the time in my life had now come,
To lose my ego, ask help from someone.
With all my money, I’d still have to ask,
Or accept my failure at this one task.
With money and self my only allies,
Having no solution was a surprise.
Sometimes our dreams may require another,
Like a friend, stranger, sister, or brother.
With my deepest desire, I long to teach.
Without another, it’s out of my reach.
Wealth, a siren's charm, alluring and bright
A pillow's softness, a thimble's gentle might
It provides for earthly needs, a feast to behold
Yet, in its depths, a darkness unfolds
Oh, wealth! Where is thy dominion?
Poverty's cold grasp awaits, a dismal throne
A worm on a hook, luring the unsuspecting prey
Into a realm of excess, where virtues fade away
With dastardly cunning, it deletes the lines
Of custom and tradition, leaving only decline
A game of chance, where flies buzz, sensing decay
A babe in arms, fed poison, as the future slips away
Oh, wealth! Where is thy wand?
Unfolding minds like Sodom's gates, ajar to sin
Multiplying desires, like an untamed, raging sea
Disorienting hearts, like shifting sands, lost and free
You deceived the prodigal son, with promises so grand
A mansion's luxury, a selfish, wandering hand
Despising family ties, and the love that once was true
A leader's arrogance, forsaking the greater good, anew
So you’re in the big house
With the big car
The big driveway
And the big yard
With the big pool
The big fortress of high hedges
Between you and your foes
You had big plans
And big dreams
Big promises
And big schemes
A premise for every square-inch
Since the day you were born,
They raised you to “think big!”
You were indoctrinated
with big ideals
Big concepts and big half-truths
The dogma about a man in the sky
Pervading your consciousness
You’ve grown to love the big comforts
A glutton for luxury, a co-dependent
Creature of dangerous habits
A fiend for the sixty-hour work-week
And a junky for distraction
Once the big lifestyle got in your system,
There’s no excising it now
They might as well take a scalpel to your heart
And a scissors to your spirit
You fell hook, line and sinker
For the big lie, the big funny business
The next big thing – the Big Time, Bill!
What’s the big idea? Hey, bigger is better
Try to be the bigger person
All big diamonds and big deeds,
Your big stick of opulence
shining in the Little Big Room
We got bigger fish to fry, here
Don’t make too big a deal out of it
Gee, you look so much bigger in person.
I can not portray a life without colors
The world's best circus is painted in
all shades of all colors
The canvas of heaven, sea and earth
A major northern lights outbreak
This sky light has inspired generations
and will certainly continue to inspire people
Silence is luxury, a tribute in everyday life
Play with light, shadow and colors
You can only imagine how boring our world would be
...
in black and white ~
or a colorless rainbow
18.11.2017
Sun :) - A-L Andresen :)
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Always longed to be to lot of places
and for good reasons see many faces
all from interesting different races
after being given a scale of preference
Let be rather be in your presence
More than the company of the Queen of England
much more than the fun and fantasy of Disneyland
way much more than the bliss and serenity of an Island
if there be of all these luxury a Merit
Let me rather be in the company of the Holy Spirit
If my endowments will walk me to the Hall of Fame
and before you stiffen my flimsy frame
Puffing me up to forget that I'm but a lame dame
seeing that it's latter is in disguise great shame
Let me rather be called after your own Name
From me keep at bay the Gold mine
the costliest of Diamonds that are fine
even the most Ostentatious clothing line
like choice silver, refine me till I'm Crystalline
So with you, I'd rather Wine and Dine
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