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WindWalker
Senior Member

since 2001-10-12

Posts 1218

0 posted 2007-01-31 02:40 PM

How often have I heard people
tell me of their blessings from God
and equally often have I wondered about that!

I’ve been hard up for money at times
and had to work odd jobs
or find supplemental income in garbage bins
and other places where refuse finds refuge –
anything I could use, I would use
and anything I could sell, I’d sell.

Some would say God was blessing me
by directing me to those garbage bins
where useful things had been discarded
and there may well have been a time
I was inclined to believe that.

But I’ve also found money lying on the streets
and been told that money is the root of all evil –
Ah, then those gifts could not be of God
but of the evil one they call “Satan”
for why would God bless me with evil things?

I’ve thought about this some more –
and concluded that both are vying for my attention,
giving me rejects and crumbs from a crumbling society
built upon the dreams of two powerful divinities,
two powerful enemies; two “divine” and utter fools
who would destroy a world and everything in it
in their insane quest for control.

It’s truly an interesting concept –
that what we assume are blessings
are really nothing more than bribes,
little ones for those who need little,
big ones for those who lust for power.

Of course, there is a simpler explanation:
I got off my ass and went looking so I wouldn’t go hungry?
Try that on for size.

LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

1 posted 2007-01-31 02:43 PM

LOL, simply amazing....and loved the ending...you Go!

Edward Grim
Senior Member

since 2005-12-18

Posts 1154
Greenville, South Carolina

2 posted 2007-01-31 02:51 PM

I'm not sure if you know this, but money is from man. It's not like Satan is down there with a calculator trying to figure out the newest interest rate. And God helps those who help themselves, so it's good you went looking for a job.

And I said to the devil, "You better leave my spleen alone."

Pilgrimage
Member Elite

since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

3 posted 2007-01-31 04:46 PM

Actually, it's "the love of money is the root of all evil" not money itself. Which makes a difference, hmm? Because God wants you to value people more than possessions. Because God wants you to be happy, and the other guy doesn't. Which is pretty much my philosophy of life-be happy whatever, it makes the devil mad.

I like your poem, I could see the scenes, and feel your questioning.

Nan (Pilgrim variety)

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