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Rick
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Victoria, Australia

0 posted 2007-06-27 07:47 AM



We’re born to be nurtured, to live without care
Then find as we grow up, there’s bills everywhere
So schooling we finish; the learning years end
Finding that youth disappeared at the bend

So off we all journey and look for a job
Becoming a number and part of the mob
Seeking a future, while feeling unsure
Looking and asking, then looking some more

And then comes the job that you take cos it’s there
Because you are tired and hardly can bear
The struggle, commitment, the need of some cash
So though it is average, you give it a bash

It pays the few bills and you find you can save
You learn how to work, and how to behave
You find there’s a future or maybe a chance
The world is a stage and it beckons your dance

But then there’s an offer or maybe a scare
You try for the better, or find it’s not there
One way or the other you land on your feet
And they are the days when the air smells so sweet

But then as you age, there is more to behold
The money is good, but your soul wasn’t sold
So little by little you start to revert
Finding that time and a change wouldn’t hurt

So less then the drive to get to the top
You get to a stage where you just want to stop
For stress and the worry does not suit the all
Some crave for a freedom they only recall

So job that has freedom becomes what they seek
You find there is life and you smile more each week
And though you may struggle, one thing must be said
When happy, contentment does live in your head

So you work but inside you can journey and play
Dreaming of good things that might come your way
And better and better each day does appear
And all of the worries of work disappear

So work in this life is something we do
To meet all the costs and to somehow get through
So when older and wiser we get to relax
But would you believe, we’ll still pay our tax


© Copyright 2007 Rick Van Weenen - All Rights Reserved
Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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1 posted 2007-06-27 08:09 AM


So you work but inside you can journey and play
Dreaming of good things that might come your way
And better and better each day does appear
And all of the worries of work disappear

Rick.... your words are excellent ... I'm in awe of your writings!  well done - hope you are well too... and keeping warm!! It's freezing here!!  RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

passing shadows
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2 posted 2007-06-27 11:44 AM


yeah...I cringe at the idea

bills are so heavy sometimes and taxes even heavier

very good write Rick


oceanvu2
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since 2007-02-24
Posts 1066
Santa Monica, California, USA
3 posted 2007-06-27 12:32 PM


I thank all the worker's who pay all the taxes which provide my Social Security.  I just wonder why I don't feel socially secure...

Don't compromise.  Organize!

Grand poem!

  Jim

Kit McCallum
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4 posted 2007-06-28 07:34 AM


Boy, I can sure relate, Rick. Lots of good insight in this ... all too true! Much enjoyed.

Best wishes,
/Kit

Rick
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Victoria, Australia
5 posted 2007-06-28 08:03 AM


Roniece, again thank you for your lovely reply, great to have you visit here. Not as cold today and yes I am warm as well.

Hi Dixie, great to have you here, bills and tax, who needs them right. Thanks for the reply my friend, appreciated.

oceanvu2, thank you for your reply, I don't know what the other side of working is like, would not mind to try it for once in my life and see how I go.

Hi Kit, to see you on the pages again is lovely, I enjoy your works and your replies, thank you for it all.

To you all my friends, again thank you so much for your replies, I enjoy each and every one of them. Take care you all and be well.

Rick

LeeJ
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6 posted 2007-06-28 08:40 AM


this remeinded me of going to church...you can go to church 3 times a week, but if you don't apply it to a working life, then, you can't enjoy the sweet fruits of life....

that is what your poem spoke to me, even though you might not realize it...it surely moved me

Well done my friend...BRAVO!  Loved this

Rick
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Victoria, Australia
7 posted 2007-06-28 03:37 PM


Hi Lee, great to see you here replying, I am glad you enjoyed the poem my friend, as I enjoy having your company from time to time, thanks for the reply and had a great day my friend.

Rick

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