The Biggest Word I Know

 

 

     These rules govern ‘they say,’

And only paper substance and brass –

Shiny bits of metal,

     Control to a point

Regarded as expressionless,

For we have lost something valuable

While entertaining value

For gain of wealth,

     And it’s only a five letter word

On the tips of most people’s minds

And blind,

     Be the many who forgo

Our fellow man for the taking

Of a purse.

 

     Our indiscretion –

Failing third world countries

Of poverty, be all down to

Mathematics,

     But we could all,

Could all have bread

And meat upon the table

If we shared,

     And,

The most powerful word I know, is no;

A constant rebuke the poor man

Hears too often while

Trying to feed his family;

As war ravages – bought and paid for

With a sound and insincere hollow yes!

 

     The least significant word I know; is money,

But people die for it,

Treasure it, hoard it

And abuse it;

     As it diminishes

All responsibility - for The Earth.

 

     But the biggest word I know,

The word missing

From all of the above,

The word we wish for

But is never there upon

A globe where markets dictate

An awkward ebb and flow of life;

Be Love!

 

     If we loved

As much as turned

Our wallets and our purse,

We could,

We could,

     Deny the striding blindly

To our glory goals of avarice and greed,

Open up our hearts,

     (that still beat - as dormant as they’ve become),

     And Feed the World.

 

Michael J Waite 21^st October 2013.