After spending an hour chasing a dollar, blowing down the street;?
those without need thought that it was wasted time, perhaps.
But while the rich get immediate results while rocking on their feet,
everyone else is busy just fighting over the scraps.
Wealth can't buy us peace;
An open heart is priceless
Down all the ages.
An event planner from birth,
he becomes annoyed to notice
what had been short-range planning
is now long-range
hoping to renew
anthropocentric intelligent investment
What sentience may his cells,
molecules,
atoms have that remains?
Now free to transverse
transform
transparent with non-other
neighbors
Looking for unconditional love
compassion
enlightenment
cooperative empowerment
With synergetic
energetic
united,
but not uniformed,
neighbors
Rematriated,
reformed
from patriarchal caste position
preservation
compulsion
Recreating a less anthropocentric view,
panentheism becomes as humanely obvious
as sacred ethos wealth
embracing organic eros health
Renewing virtues
of green ecological climates
planning a robust EarthMother democracy.
what you give is what you keep
I am grateful for learning early the meaning of wealth…
and grateful more people are learning this everyday….
How wealth is not measured by what and how much we have to keep…
but by what and how much we are willing to give away
The day before the storm
Protests fall on deaf ears
The master's voice rings
The rest is mere noise
Cars run helter skelter
Ready to park tomoro
Water cannons to stun
Neath the gas, tears
End game, bigger than us
Masks evil planners
Mere cogs in a wheel
Turned by hidden hands
Watchers and doers
Prepare for peace
Haters fund goons
To disrupt disonnance
Here we go again
Battling each other
From afar, elites watch
On TV and internet
Scramble for wealth
You will not last
The hands of time
Change your form
is rich in shallow pools
and deeper discomforts
that resound unparalleled
in the bells
of forgotten towers
My riches run longer rivers,
over common rocks
in honest colors
your sudden laugh
for a cheap joke
over burnt coffee,
sucked down
before work
on Wednesday
Your hand
on my hair,
where I feel you
honey and vanilla
lotion on your shoulder
You make history
meaningful
wealth prosperity abundance not synonymous
accumulation leads to conceit of rich
complex opulence
dualism anxiety
inferior-superior byzantines
wealth increases mentality illusions
fierce finance hoarding arise
this happens only in material plain
having does not guarantee prosperity
second always embrace aspects of being
relationship and active community —
when prosperity focused
simplicity flows, transparency results
philanthropic outlook gives
circulates
flourishes self and others
breath within breath clear
core strengthens
organically
prosperity, abundance a potency
in mentality
subtle vibrations move heart
slowed frequencies develop
transmuting third dimensional character
increases focus on spiritual as
starting point
abide quietly, knowing
abundance moves each sand grain
ear of wheat, water atom
every thread of chromosome
it moves in circles
live spirals in human flesh
giving back to family, community
ultimately to divine
fresh moulds are circulated
dances authentic
powers stability, serenity, peace
contentment births clarity
of godly purpose
______________________
Last year, we planted California poppies
For the first time. Only one plant survived,
But we were delighted and proud that our
Poppies thrived and thrilled all who saw them.
This year, desirous of a great show spot,
I transplanted California poppies
On top of our dirt pill.
To my sore disappointment,
They all withered and died.
I wanted to cry, but because
The poppies of '25 were so
Popular, I will continue to try.
Hoping to spread the beauty,
We have shared some poppies
with our wonderful niethbors
And are anticipating their success.
You and I share
an inheritance
vast as space
particular as a raindrop,
distant from our sight
immediate to our hearts
folded in the sunrise
scattered in the dusk
eternally kept for us
in the mind of God.
Christopher M. Swan 2008
A fact based book, ( why not check?) Have
A look.? Sonia Elijah..An author i do not know..Yet it seems she wants recent health
History' out for public debate and show.!
~ coins tumble, silver …
shimmered brine pays the day’s debt
deep … a moon’s pockets ~
Sharing is good, a basic lesson
I learned in pre-school
And it’s what most people
Both rich and poor go on to do
But when it’s forced, coerced
Taken without consent
It’s not sharing
It’s just theft
Something I also got lessons about
When I was just a child
(1/10/26)
‘Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.’ – Molly Ivins
El no Tuskmusk to Mars on high, sigh …
rockets in his pockets, Spacex no wimpy latex
Earth’s too mundane, drives him simply insane
not enough lanes for Tesla’s electric cars, a pain
this what a fly on the wall heard him tweet neat
His TBC Boring says humans are asleep, snoring
Starlink is soaring with Neurolink probing robotic chips in brains’ dips, humanoid robots devouring
X’s bitter, Twitter as name was not enough for astounding fame, freaking wacky wealth game !
Wisdom comes in different sizes.
Its shapes and colours can often surprise.
Every nugget builds inner wealth.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 3rd place 2025
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