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I want to ask society why it broke so many of its people Why are so many productive people feel driven to suicide Who took their self worth and nailed it to the mast of net worth Why are the wealthy inflated with arrogance and the poor burdened by shame Who took self esteem and married it to our income How did a tool of measurement directly become value Why is it fashionable to be rich and look down on the poor Why are the words of a rich man listened to, so much more Why do people not recognize their small creations at the ground level Why do we rob the poor of respect too give too the over elevated rich Why are the poor demotivated by shame while pride drives on in a ruthless appetite possessed by the rich Who disconnected self worth from the flower of produce and replaced it with money Who thought it a good idea to abandon people on their tiny rafts and throw them into rough waters of fear and greed Who said fear and greed make a good flower bed Why have people not been guided into deeper waters where currents flow and a richness in the heart can be explored
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Feb 8, 2015
Feb 8, 2015 at 9:26 AM UTC
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I want to ask society why it broke so many of its people Why are so many productive people feel driven to suicide Who took their self worth and nailed it to the mast of net worth Why are the wealthy inflated with arrogance and the poor burdened by shame Who took self esteem and married it to our income How did a tool of measurement directly become value Why is it fashionable to be rich and look down on the poor Why are the words of a rich man listened to, so much more Why do people not recognize their small creations at the ground level Why do we rob the poor of respect too give too the over elevated rich Why are the poor demotivated by shame while pride drives on in a ruthless appetite possessed by the rich Who disconnected self worth from the flower of produce and replaced it with money Who thought it a good idea to abandon people on their tiny rafts and throw them into rough waters of fear and greed Who said fear and greed make a good flower bed Why have people not been guided into deeper waters where currents flow and a richness in the heart can be explored
just some thought really not sure if it qualifies as a poem may come back to this
#fear#money#greed
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adam-childs
Feb 8, 2015
Feb 8, 2015 at 9:26 AM UTC
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